Disclaimer: I am never going to own Sonic… o_o But I always own Blizzard, and my newest character, Jen-Marie Voltari
Kita: Well, let's see… chapter number 15 comin' right up for you peoples now. I was busy writing "The School Play", sequel to 'Can You Say Hi?'. I just got up real early and did that in one hour. By the way…. text files don't seem to really work, they just smoosh my writing together… oh well. Anyways, I was wondering if I should do another fic, but I'm not sure. I mean, I seem to be real good with this fic except I oddly do about 2200 words per page in an average, or so. I need to write more… just for this fic. Lol. Anyways, enjoy.
Broken HopeIt wasn't quite a good afternoon for Blizzard. She had been running for a while, constantly worrying about her brother losing his temper again. Then again, it's not that likely he'll lose it again unless someone practically ticks him off, and that's when he would go berserk. Yeah, going berserk… it was so unlike him to ever lose his temper. Did Amy have something to do with that? Could he possibly have something for the pink hedgehog, as in emotions and feelings that she should know about? Blizzard didn't tempt herself to go and ask her own brother… 'Course, he'd pummel the shit out of her within 3.8 seconds afterwards… if he caught her.
Panting a bit heavily, she passed by many automobiles, and buildings. It seemed as if nothing could really distract her enough until a voice overhead caught her nearly off-guard. Blizzard halted within a few seconds after someone said…
"Hey! Sonic!"
Of all the nerve these people have! Can't they see that she isn't Sonic? Ooh, just wait till she gets her hands on that Cobalt dumbass; she'll choke him to death. Her quills seem to bristle a little, out of a little anger, before she almost furiously turned around, giving out her most sour face anyone had ever seen. But who had called her came to be her next surprise; a red echidna had been running after her. That couldn't possibly be the same one that was on the rooftop, was it?…
"Whoever you are… I'm not Sonic… but I do know one thing… You must have helped that metal hedgehog robot-freak kidnap Amy! I saw you, on the rooftop, using something bright to block my brother's line of sight and mine! You better tell me where she is…"
"What? What the hell are you talking about? I didn't kidnap Amy… and certainly, I wasn't on a rooftop…" Knuckles was certainly surprised that this hedgehog wasn't Sonic at all. Infact, she was a mere carbon copy of what Sonic looks like… the blueness, the quills, in exception for the gender, and the tuft of hair curling down upon her forehead… plus she had discolored quills which were blackened at the tips, as if they were burned or something.
"Don't you lie to me… that shaped shadowy thing looked just like you."
"How can you be certain if it was me, rather than another Echidna?" He grew annoyed with this female Sonic-look-alike, falsely accusing him of happening to be involved in kidnapping Amy Rose. Wait a minute…
"Wait… Amy's been kidnapped? Hold on a minute… I'm Knuckles the Echidna, and I happen to know Amy. I'm just looking for a freakish half-metallic bat that had gotten away with most of the shards of the master emerald, in addition, I am looking for Sonic."
Blizzard gave him a slightly strange look before shaking her head. If this guy knew Amy, then… who was that on the roof? Certainly wasn't him because he didn't have anything on his hands that made them shine or something… Oh? He's looking for Sonic as well? Taking a deep breath, Blizzard rolled her eyes before she looked to the Guardian.
"What a coincidence, I'm looking for him too. Yeah, Amy's been kidnapped…. Some freak named Metal Sonic took her out from right beneath my brother's noses, and mine, too. We would have stopped that robot if it hadn't been for that flash done by that shadowy figure."
"Erm… pardon me, but who is your brother?"
"You should know him, Knuckles. By the way, I'm Blizzard the Hedgehog. Sorry if I accused you, but my brother is pretty ticked off… I don't want him to hurt anyone, so that's why I need to get Sonic and Tails' help."
"That's okay. Hm I still don't know who your brother is, but if your brother seems pretty pissed at Amy being kidnapped, I bet he's got feelings for her, doesn't he?" Good ol' Knux made his usual 'I'm-right' grin. All he got was a sour face in return, as a reward.
"Well, Mister Smart mouth, my brother happens to be Shadow the Hedgehog. Are you happy now? 'Cause I'm going. Goodbye." Blizzard turned to make her back, and quills, face the Guardian, and sprint right on off into the distance, annoyed and a little angry as heck.
Knuckles blinked once, or twice. That female hedgehog couldn't be Shadow's sister. They don't even look alike! Shaking his head, he needed to go find Sonic, and the only way to do that… wait… Metal Sonic belongs to Dr. Eggman. Maybe that fat bastard had something to do with his Emerald being stolen, in pieces, thanks to that gay-looking half-roboticized bat. The only way he could do that was by following that female blue hedgehog, and then… just maybe he will find what he needs to get back into his grasp.
But what bothered him was the fact that there was someone almost like him that had prevented shadow and Blizzard from getting Amy back. Even Blizzard said that the figure looked like him.
Doing the only thing he could do for now, was to follow Blizzard.
Little did anyone know, that Shadow wasn't in the United States anymore…
Abandoned Pyramid Base"Shut your traps, pinkie, and foxgirl. Can't you two stop whining for a moment, and be silent?" Commented Katai, who was getting tired of watching Amy Rose in her prison hold within the base, since Metal stuck him with the job in the first place once they arrived. They hadn't intended on taking another prisoner, who was a short red fox with dark brown-tipped ears, but this other prisoner was being nosy, obviously not where she was supposed to be. Probably got sidetracked from her parents and got lost in the desert, to only end up in the base, and inside the prison hold with Amy once the foxgirl had been discovered playing about the inside.
The foxgirl, Jen-Maria Voltari, rushed to the front of her prison holding cell, and she blew a raspberry at Katai. Well, seems like she was a spoiled brat, too. "You're not gonna keep me in here for long! My momma an' my daddy are gonna come here and bust your hiney end once they find out I'm gone!!!" Jan seemed a bit, energetic, constantly using her bushy foxtail to stand up on real easily. She was probably twelve or so, but by the looks of it, she acted a little meaner for her age, too.
"Silence! Or else I'm gonna have myself a new fur coat, girl."
She looked to the razor-sharp knuckles, covered with what appeared to be a steel-chrome over each fist, and knuckle, looking pretty indestructible, too. Gulping, Jan leapt away from the front, to a safer distance. She didn't like the looks of those things, and it kind of scared her some, thus she lost a little confidence.
"Stop being so mean, and let us out of here…" Sobbed a crying Amy Rose. Metal Sonic had thrown her in there, and her back hurt. Her back had slammed against the stone wall in the back of the cell, but had the robotic hedgehog thrown her any harder than what he had done, and surely he would have killed her. She struggled to get up, but since both Jan and Amy were stuck in the same cell, Jan usually helped Amy up, and kept her propped up thanks to her bushy red-orange tail, with a white tip at the end.
"'Fraid I can't do that. I have orders."
"I bet they're from Dr. Eggman! That lame tub-o-lard for brains…"
Katai threw a whole glare full of 'I'll-kill-you' looks the moment that left her mouth. Amy went silent, as Jen did a while ago.
/ What am I gonna do?.. * Sob * Please, someone save us… / Amy cried in her thoughts, tears still leaking, and dripping from her eyes as she secluded herself in a corner of the cell, curled up a little. Katai looks at Amy for one whole moment. Something inside told him he shouldn't let her cry… that it wasn't right. Whatever it was, it wouldn't go away… Slowly, he removed himself from the Holding Room in silence, leaving a puzzled Jen-Marie behind, watching. Walking silently down a corridor, he gave the little scene more thought, since he used the moment to try and forget about it entirely. Gritting his teeth in anger, he marched straight back in there, almost forgetting that he had his duty to guard the prisoners until Sonic, and the others came. Growling, he took a rag he hardly used, and approached the cell door cautiously.
"Here… just… stop your sobbing…" He closed his eyes, and looked away, as the rag dropped on the other side of the cell's floor due to him just shoving it through the bars, to which Jen plucked it from the ground and walked back to Amy after giving Katai a look of questioning. Katai resumed his position on guard duty for the remainder of the time.
"Here, that icky idiot gave you this…" Jen hands the rag to Amy, who took it and wiped her face clean of tears very slowly at first, but why would he give her a rag if she were the prisoner? Amy sat up slowly, blinking for a bit as she pondered that thought. Sighing, she just resumed to her curled-up position, holding the rag in a loose grip.
Something burst the doors to the holding cell open the moment Katai thought he could relax for a bit. The Echidna jumped a little, before he looked towards the doors, to a staring Metal Sonic. The metal hedgehog made his way to Katai, in short steps, and glared intensely. "Someone's inside the pyramid base. I am putting you on high alert, and I want you to go and seek out the intruder. I will watch these organic forms on my own." Metal hissed, until Katai understood. Someone's in the base, huh? Looks like he'll have to catch himself a second intruder…
Katai departs the room, again, to seek out and capture… maybe destroy the intruder, if possible… But on the outside of the pyramid base, the blue skies aren't as clear as they were an hour ago… looks like an approaching rainstorm is coming in, and fast…
Metal shifts his gaze to the curled Amy. Oh what an opportunity to hurt her now. He didn't have to worry about the fox; she couldn't even hurt him if she tried her best. Taking to the keypad next to the cell, he fingers the buttons, pressing them until he enters the code correctly. The door slid open, the foxgirl launching herself at the metal hedgehog the moment the bars open. Jen tried to pound upon the thick metal hide, but she found it useless to do so… as she was instantly flung aside by a strong, metal hand with sharp claws. Jen collided with a wall nearby, and fell, limp and shaking… unaware of her surroundings…
"Time for a little payback… for the times Sonic had defeated me…" The hiss of his robot voice awoke, and scared the daylights out of Amy, who was terrified beyond anything she could have imagined… and no one was here to save her. She tried to scream, tears draining from her eyes all over again, but she found it useless to try, as if her voice box had stopped working for no reason. Metal lunged at the pink hedgehog, encircling his knife-like fingers around her neck, trying to pierce into the skin as he uplifted the kicking Amy off the ground. No… slow death is more pleasant than a quick one… as sickeningly cold as he was, Metal used his free hand to literally curl it into an iron fist, and then, with the sounds of slight creaking metal, he used that fist to jab Amy's abdomen. The wind was almost knocked out of her with that punch, and Metal let go, dropping the heap to the floor with a thud.
Gasping for breath, and waving her arms wildly on the floor, dazed from the recent punch, until the pain racked up within. Not until she realized Metal was trying to kill her was when she was trying to crawl away fast. "You're going nowhere, pinkie." His sadistic voice told her she was probably going to be murdered at this rate, as metal used his right hand to slash at Amy's leg. It sunk into the skin, ripping the flesh apart deeply which a crimson liquid began to flow out of the slash injury upon her leg. Amy cried out loud, in pain. Her body writhed from the pain of her leg, just as Amy sits up… backing away, but it was futile as Metal, yet again, lunged for another slash attack upon his helpless victim. This time, he caught her cheek with one finger; slicing about a nice centimeter into the skin, blood pouring out slowly.
Metal racked his iron fist again, and whacked Amy's head, causing a slight discoloration of the skin, as she flew back and hit the wall, hard. She gave out one final cry, before she went limp, still breathing. Her entire body was shaking, and there was a bit of blood on the floor, as it was leaking from the leg, and the cheek, and her mouth… from which Metal inflicted enough pain to send her hurting for a slow death… there was blood on his fingers, and he could care less. He was a robot. He had no feelings whatsoever, being a cold servant of Doctor Robotnik.
Jen looked around sorely, then she gasped in horror at Amy; She was mangled, just by the severe cut/slash marks on her leg, which was seriously bleeding… if someone didn't come soon, she'd go into shock. Jen was trying to move, but it felt like she was hurting all over. Slowly crawling out of the room as best she could for an escape, inching along the floor as she went… a little blood trickling from the side of her mouth.
Katai looked about. He could sense a presence in the area he was at, but strangely how he knew, didn't quite make him sure if there was someone here or not. Did Metal send him out on a wild goose chase so he could … no… he couldn't have, did he? As soon as Katai turned his back to head back to the holding area, a swift shot of pain to the back of his head ensued, right after his face smashes into the solid floor. Groaning a little, Katai got back up… and looked for his attacker…
"Who are you? Show yourself!"
A cold voice responded, filling the tone with ice, and hate. "I have no time for the likes of you."
Then, as if it were there, the presence seemingly vanished into thin air.
Jen continued to crawl along the floor, going to try and go for help. Her breaths were short, sometimes, as she persisted in going ahead. Her bushy tail even dragged upon the ground. Both ears were pointing towards the ground; a sign of exhaustion, and tiredness, maybe even pain. A figure stopped by her the moment she struggled to crawl further. Startled, Jen looked at an obsidian, and crimson hedgehog, with a white tuft upon the chest. She lifted a hand up at him, struggling in her attempt.
"you gotta….save Amy… she's been badly…" Jen couldn't continue what she would have said, as she collapsed in exhaustion. The hedgehog looked at the hurt fox, and skated off towards the room, until he came barreling through the doorway. Only then, he saw only Metal Sonic, but… a glimpse of what was on the fingers caught his attention. One of the fingers dripped with a reddish liquid, which could only mean…
He rushed into the entrance of the cell, his fears heightening as well as his anger. His ruby eyes flashed pure horror, as he saw Amy… laying there, shaking… in pain… blood spilling out slowly into a puddle below her… something within himself began to signal something which he himself had never felt before, something he had hidden within himself for a long time… and that something is a feeling he never wanted to unlock… his forehead became sweaty, both of his hands were shaking, the bottom of his lip was trembling… Why? He had come, as said… yet this… this heartless machine had taken her… and nearly killed her. Shadow's heart raced, pumping his blood at an alarming rate. His teeth gritted tightly, horror changing to a look of pure hatred, almost pure evil…
Metal turned to the intruder, just in time to see a flickering amount of red energy began to overwhelm the blackish hedgehog. Metal stepped back a little moment, once he recognized who it was. That same black hedgehog he avoided earlier… Metal watched as shadow's eyes were enveloped in a crimson hue, as the robot was intrigued at this latest development. The quills stiffened, and then ruffled apart slightly below the spikes. Shadow began to feel himself slipping away… his normal consciousness being replaced by something more violent, bloodthirsty, and profanely insane. There were sharpened canines as he grinned a sadistic-like grin, but he wasn't a vampire…
A strange power had been unlocked within, and Shadow doesn't know if he can even control it at all…
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Kita: ……… O.O Hmm… what's gonna happen in the next chapter???