Crimson Vision
Chapter 15: Four: The Crow's Final Vision
Its darkness, its fear, its last attack.
I stand alone in darkness.
It returns to me, its message now a dark omen.
I am alone in darkness.
Is this some kind of warning? Does it mean the end for me? No it can't be. I'll fight it till the end.
I live alone in darkness.
I know no one yet everyone knows me.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Everything was blurred, my head was aching and where exactly was I? Slowly I opened my eyes to a darkened room. I sat up and looked around, everything seemed familiar. A closer look and I realized I was in the one place I feared to be in. the Mysterious room. I scrambled to my feet searching for the door. I had to get out before. oh no it's starting. Those screams, those horrible screams piercing my ears. The angry voices were blaming me again and I dropped to the ground shouting at them.
"Stop!! Please stop!! I did nothing to deserve this!!"
More and more voices filled my head and I curled up to protect myself from them. How could one be blamed like this? It was just inhumane yet deep down inside I found some pleasure in all of this yelling as if I deserved it. Among all of the voices and screams I could hear a faint sound of someone banging on the door and yelling my name.
"Shadow! Shadow what's going on!?" the voice sounded.
I recognized it as Sonic's. Could he not hear all of the angry voices yelling at me? They were right there clear as a bell and yet he could not hear them. I screamed one more time and that's when Sonic came in and helped me up. Quickly we left the room and went down the stairwell and that's when the voices faded away. We stopped in the hallway allowing me to take a rest against the wall.
"Shadow are you ok? What the heck happened to you in there?" Sonic asked.
"I don't know Sonic." I answered. "Where did Amy run off to now? I'd like to get a piece of that serpent once its out of her."
Sonic looked at me baffled. I returned the same look at him wondering why he was looking at me that way.
"Don't you remember? You drove that snake out of Amy last night and then just disappeared. I spent all day looking for you." he said.
I lost my memory again. I had no idea what he was talking about and really didn't care now that I know Amy is safe from that serpent.
"You changed into this huge monster and just used your powers on that snake. It shot out of Amy and she fell unconscious and that's the last I saw you." Sonic explained some more.
"And it's been a whole day since that happened?" I asked.
"Yeah."
I pushed myself off the wall and slowly walked down the steps. Sonic stayed behind me just incase I fell and we walked into the main room where Amy was lying on the couch. I stopped and looked at the girl and a strange feeling came across my heart. Gently I grabbed my chest as that feeling came and went, another rare emotion. Then I took a chair and sat next to Amy and looked upon her with sadness. Her fail body lied there motionless almost dead setting me in an uneasy state. I brushed away her hair and she moved mumbling something.
"She's been like that all day, in an out mumbling things. I'm not sure why but it might be an after shock of what that snake did to her."
I got a cover from another chair and pulled it over on Amy.
"Stay by her." I told Sonic.
I left those two and went down to the cellar. Everything was going as I hoped it would and as soon I could build enough courage to go into the Mysterious room this would all be over. Down in the cellar I tried to open up a draw on the file cabinet that was in the corner. It was stuck; I had an extra pack of cigs in there and was in need of one. One swift kick at the bottom and the top draw opened up. I took out the pack, lit a cigarette, and puffed out a light smoke. I had my ways of building up courage, this was one of them. I tried to think of the benefits of going into the Mysterious room but there weren't that many. Sure I would know about my past but what would I do for my future afterwards? This was another difficult task but I'll get over it.
I was about halfway through the cigarette when I heard the cellar door open. Quickly I threw the cig onto the ground and mashed it out just as Sonic came down.
"Eww, smells like smoke down here." he commented a bit disgusted.
"It never goes away." I lied. "What brings you down here?"
"What's next, that's what. Amy's no longer possessed by that snake so now what?"
"Upstairs. I'm gonna try and get into that room without killing myself. I'm going outside so if you need me you know where I'll be."
Silently I left the house and went into the front yard. The wind blew lightly making it seem like the days before this whole mess. Almost everything reminded me of those days, how I missed them so much. Now preparing to enter a new era of my life I had to look back on those times I had alone with my figment friends. Life was simple for me considering my nightly routine I had. Go out, feast on a few, and come back home. Nothing more unless someone gave me trouble. Then there were those times I woke up with no memory of last night. Those were the times I wanted to forget.
I enjoyed my meditation time until the sound of flapping wings flew by my ear. That crow had come back. here we go again. I was getting the feeling that the serpent and the crow were doing some sort of tag team play on me. Makes me wish I could do the same with Sonic then I wouldn't have to deal with these morbid visions. The bird landed on the same tree it did when I first met it. We stared at each other this time he didn't scare me so easily.
"What do you have to show me now?" I asked it.
It cawed loudly in response and once again I found myself staring into its eyes and then the vision began. The ground beneath my feet vanished and I was falling through nothing. This nothing appeared to go on for ages but I fell through some sort of cloud and had landed soon afterwards. I lifted my head and was looking down a dark path with no signs of life on it. A rumbling sound came from behind mea and became louder and louder by the second. I stood up looking for what was making the sound. Suddenly a monstrous face emerged from the darkness frightening me. A claw slammed into the ground next to me and I was forced to run.
I took off down the empty road using the jets on my shoes. Suddenly obstacles of all kinds appeared in front of me. Pits full of molten lava exploded in my path but I dodged them and escaped. I entered into the forest with the beast still following me and thorn branches shot out at me trying to cut me and slow me down but I was quick and moved about them suffering only a few cuts here and there and I continued on. Once out of the forest a storm was over my head and all sorts of things rained down upon me. Lightning, rocks, and monsters of all sorts. but relief came when I heard two voices that I knew.
"Hang on Shadow! We're coming!" Sonic's voiced echoed from my right.
I looked to my right and there was Sonic running towards me.
"I'm here for you Shadow!" Amy's voice echoed from the darkness.
Over on my left the pink hedgehog was running towards me as well. As they caught up with me they blocked off all the aggressive attacks that were aiming for me. I felt so much safer and more confident with them by my side. The three of us continued on, nothing could stop us. Finally on the horizon a light appeared, that must've been our way of escaping out of this nightmare. Closer and closer we came to the light. Our hopes were getting higher and higher. but as quick as relief came it left just as fast. Something emerged out of the ground grabbing Sonic and Amy. I stopped and spun around to see my allies. They were being held up by some sort of branch and the monster that was chasing us had come to a stop.
It looked down upon me breathing out a puff of fire singed smoke. I wiped away the cloud and the monster grinned at me and roared in my face loudly. Then it stood up and held back its claw. It was going to attack but I couldn't move. I was frozen and terrified; my friends couldn't save me, I couldn't save myself. I was going to die in a nightmare. but it was just that. A nightmare so I would wake up right before the end right? The monster took a swipe at me and there was a scorching pain coming from my stomach. I looked down and the cut I had was steaming with smoke; this was very real.
I panicked even more, I wanted to wake up, I tried. But nothing seemed to work. The monster prepared to attack me again but suddenly I was knocked over by someone. My eyes opened and there was Sonic lying next to me.
"Nice try snake but you're not getting him that easily!" he shouted.
The serpent?! Where!? I could've sworn it was the crow that was giving me that horrible nightmare. I saw the serpent stand up using its body and it hissed spraying a green liquid at us. I blocked the attack using my powers and tried to stand up withstanding the pain in my stomach. Perhaps it was too much but that wouldn't stop me. The serpent sprayed more of its poisonous venom at me and countered attacked with a blast of fire. I was unlocking more secret powers. I was becoming more powerful. But in my rapid attack against the serpent I had drove it away and now the crow was left.
It flew into the air and made rapid kamikaze attacks at me and Sonic. That thing was fast but Sonic stopped it immediately. He had picked up a sharp piece of wood and hurled it at the crow. The wood went straight through the bird, blood and feathers flew everywhere and it dropped to the ground motionless. Then it disappeared as a gentle gust of wind blew by. That was the end of the crow, no more frightening and life threatening illusions. All that was left to take care of was the serpent, that's a different game itself.
I tried to stand up straight but the pain in my stomach held me back. I fell and Sonic came to my aid.
"What happened?" I asked him weakly.
"I don't know. When I came out here that snake was taking hits at you like you were some kind of target. Those two were double teaming you from what it looked like." Sonic examined my wound and winced from its appearance.
I laid on my back and stared into the dark sky. That was it, no more wasting time contemplating over it. It was way past my time to go into the Mysterious room; I had to conquer it now.
Chapter 15: Four: The Crow's Final Vision
Its darkness, its fear, its last attack.
I stand alone in darkness.
It returns to me, its message now a dark omen.
I am alone in darkness.
Is this some kind of warning? Does it mean the end for me? No it can't be. I'll fight it till the end.
I live alone in darkness.
I know no one yet everyone knows me.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Everything was blurred, my head was aching and where exactly was I? Slowly I opened my eyes to a darkened room. I sat up and looked around, everything seemed familiar. A closer look and I realized I was in the one place I feared to be in. the Mysterious room. I scrambled to my feet searching for the door. I had to get out before. oh no it's starting. Those screams, those horrible screams piercing my ears. The angry voices were blaming me again and I dropped to the ground shouting at them.
"Stop!! Please stop!! I did nothing to deserve this!!"
More and more voices filled my head and I curled up to protect myself from them. How could one be blamed like this? It was just inhumane yet deep down inside I found some pleasure in all of this yelling as if I deserved it. Among all of the voices and screams I could hear a faint sound of someone banging on the door and yelling my name.
"Shadow! Shadow what's going on!?" the voice sounded.
I recognized it as Sonic's. Could he not hear all of the angry voices yelling at me? They were right there clear as a bell and yet he could not hear them. I screamed one more time and that's when Sonic came in and helped me up. Quickly we left the room and went down the stairwell and that's when the voices faded away. We stopped in the hallway allowing me to take a rest against the wall.
"Shadow are you ok? What the heck happened to you in there?" Sonic asked.
"I don't know Sonic." I answered. "Where did Amy run off to now? I'd like to get a piece of that serpent once its out of her."
Sonic looked at me baffled. I returned the same look at him wondering why he was looking at me that way.
"Don't you remember? You drove that snake out of Amy last night and then just disappeared. I spent all day looking for you." he said.
I lost my memory again. I had no idea what he was talking about and really didn't care now that I know Amy is safe from that serpent.
"You changed into this huge monster and just used your powers on that snake. It shot out of Amy and she fell unconscious and that's the last I saw you." Sonic explained some more.
"And it's been a whole day since that happened?" I asked.
"Yeah."
I pushed myself off the wall and slowly walked down the steps. Sonic stayed behind me just incase I fell and we walked into the main room where Amy was lying on the couch. I stopped and looked at the girl and a strange feeling came across my heart. Gently I grabbed my chest as that feeling came and went, another rare emotion. Then I took a chair and sat next to Amy and looked upon her with sadness. Her fail body lied there motionless almost dead setting me in an uneasy state. I brushed away her hair and she moved mumbling something.
"She's been like that all day, in an out mumbling things. I'm not sure why but it might be an after shock of what that snake did to her."
I got a cover from another chair and pulled it over on Amy.
"Stay by her." I told Sonic.
I left those two and went down to the cellar. Everything was going as I hoped it would and as soon I could build enough courage to go into the Mysterious room this would all be over. Down in the cellar I tried to open up a draw on the file cabinet that was in the corner. It was stuck; I had an extra pack of cigs in there and was in need of one. One swift kick at the bottom and the top draw opened up. I took out the pack, lit a cigarette, and puffed out a light smoke. I had my ways of building up courage, this was one of them. I tried to think of the benefits of going into the Mysterious room but there weren't that many. Sure I would know about my past but what would I do for my future afterwards? This was another difficult task but I'll get over it.
I was about halfway through the cigarette when I heard the cellar door open. Quickly I threw the cig onto the ground and mashed it out just as Sonic came down.
"Eww, smells like smoke down here." he commented a bit disgusted.
"It never goes away." I lied. "What brings you down here?"
"What's next, that's what. Amy's no longer possessed by that snake so now what?"
"Upstairs. I'm gonna try and get into that room without killing myself. I'm going outside so if you need me you know where I'll be."
Silently I left the house and went into the front yard. The wind blew lightly making it seem like the days before this whole mess. Almost everything reminded me of those days, how I missed them so much. Now preparing to enter a new era of my life I had to look back on those times I had alone with my figment friends. Life was simple for me considering my nightly routine I had. Go out, feast on a few, and come back home. Nothing more unless someone gave me trouble. Then there were those times I woke up with no memory of last night. Those were the times I wanted to forget.
I enjoyed my meditation time until the sound of flapping wings flew by my ear. That crow had come back. here we go again. I was getting the feeling that the serpent and the crow were doing some sort of tag team play on me. Makes me wish I could do the same with Sonic then I wouldn't have to deal with these morbid visions. The bird landed on the same tree it did when I first met it. We stared at each other this time he didn't scare me so easily.
"What do you have to show me now?" I asked it.
It cawed loudly in response and once again I found myself staring into its eyes and then the vision began. The ground beneath my feet vanished and I was falling through nothing. This nothing appeared to go on for ages but I fell through some sort of cloud and had landed soon afterwards. I lifted my head and was looking down a dark path with no signs of life on it. A rumbling sound came from behind mea and became louder and louder by the second. I stood up looking for what was making the sound. Suddenly a monstrous face emerged from the darkness frightening me. A claw slammed into the ground next to me and I was forced to run.
I took off down the empty road using the jets on my shoes. Suddenly obstacles of all kinds appeared in front of me. Pits full of molten lava exploded in my path but I dodged them and escaped. I entered into the forest with the beast still following me and thorn branches shot out at me trying to cut me and slow me down but I was quick and moved about them suffering only a few cuts here and there and I continued on. Once out of the forest a storm was over my head and all sorts of things rained down upon me. Lightning, rocks, and monsters of all sorts. but relief came when I heard two voices that I knew.
"Hang on Shadow! We're coming!" Sonic's voiced echoed from my right.
I looked to my right and there was Sonic running towards me.
"I'm here for you Shadow!" Amy's voice echoed from the darkness.
Over on my left the pink hedgehog was running towards me as well. As they caught up with me they blocked off all the aggressive attacks that were aiming for me. I felt so much safer and more confident with them by my side. The three of us continued on, nothing could stop us. Finally on the horizon a light appeared, that must've been our way of escaping out of this nightmare. Closer and closer we came to the light. Our hopes were getting higher and higher. but as quick as relief came it left just as fast. Something emerged out of the ground grabbing Sonic and Amy. I stopped and spun around to see my allies. They were being held up by some sort of branch and the monster that was chasing us had come to a stop.
It looked down upon me breathing out a puff of fire singed smoke. I wiped away the cloud and the monster grinned at me and roared in my face loudly. Then it stood up and held back its claw. It was going to attack but I couldn't move. I was frozen and terrified; my friends couldn't save me, I couldn't save myself. I was going to die in a nightmare. but it was just that. A nightmare so I would wake up right before the end right? The monster took a swipe at me and there was a scorching pain coming from my stomach. I looked down and the cut I had was steaming with smoke; this was very real.
I panicked even more, I wanted to wake up, I tried. But nothing seemed to work. The monster prepared to attack me again but suddenly I was knocked over by someone. My eyes opened and there was Sonic lying next to me.
"Nice try snake but you're not getting him that easily!" he shouted.
The serpent?! Where!? I could've sworn it was the crow that was giving me that horrible nightmare. I saw the serpent stand up using its body and it hissed spraying a green liquid at us. I blocked the attack using my powers and tried to stand up withstanding the pain in my stomach. Perhaps it was too much but that wouldn't stop me. The serpent sprayed more of its poisonous venom at me and countered attacked with a blast of fire. I was unlocking more secret powers. I was becoming more powerful. But in my rapid attack against the serpent I had drove it away and now the crow was left.
It flew into the air and made rapid kamikaze attacks at me and Sonic. That thing was fast but Sonic stopped it immediately. He had picked up a sharp piece of wood and hurled it at the crow. The wood went straight through the bird, blood and feathers flew everywhere and it dropped to the ground motionless. Then it disappeared as a gentle gust of wind blew by. That was the end of the crow, no more frightening and life threatening illusions. All that was left to take care of was the serpent, that's a different game itself.
I tried to stand up straight but the pain in my stomach held me back. I fell and Sonic came to my aid.
"What happened?" I asked him weakly.
"I don't know. When I came out here that snake was taking hits at you like you were some kind of target. Those two were double teaming you from what it looked like." Sonic examined my wound and winced from its appearance.
I laid on my back and stared into the dark sky. That was it, no more wasting time contemplating over it. It was way past my time to go into the Mysterious room; I had to conquer it now.