Disclaimer: How many times must I tell you I don't own Sonic? A billion?
Heh. I'm surprised at how many people like my story, figuring that I've got about sixty reviews in total. Well, I'm partially convinced to write a sequel, but it may take some time to think over for many ideas. Plus I have other ideas on other stories, so it might, or might not take me a while to decide whether or not I may do a sequel. By the way, I've started a digimon fic if anyone likes Digimon.
Broken Hope
[Blizzard's POV]
Fuck you, you stinking bitch.
Fuck You! / Not literally to anyone, just the bat /
You're lying, you damn whore-wannabe.
I am Shadow's sister! But, it can't be that the professor never documented me? … I was almost equally powerful as he was, but I was more the nonviolent type. No one understood what I was going through at the moment. The witch-bat person was just speaking gibberish about how I was not in those files. Knuckles wasn't doing much of anything but just grumbling beneath his breath about Rouge, since my ears perked towards his low voice.
Sonic and Amy were just looking at me, and Sonic looked like he was going to feel sorry for me. Other than that, Amy merely looked down. I could tell she wasn't really sure about who I really was, and I began to feel like a stranger in this room… immediately, I bolt right off the bed, everyone jerking or stuttering at me in surprise. My feet touch the tile flooring, giving me my chance to sprint, and I yank the door open, and slammed it in a split second after that. But I do also remember knocking Knuckles and Tails down to the ground in my burst of surprise bolting, and I had departed without an apology to either of them. I didn't care. Who said I should give a care after something like that?!
I could actually hear voices after I had slammed the door….
'Nice timing, batgirl! Next time, why don't you keep things to yourself?'
'Shut up, you red creep.' A scowling noise soon follows. 'I did that because there is no proof of her aboard the ARK. I was telling the direct truth on the basis of these data files.' You shut the hell up, bitch.
'Well, you know what? I say shut the fuck up. I don't need to hear you two fucking arguing like hell. Do you realize that it doesn't matter now? Huh? Bickering isn't going to help any now!' Gee, Sonic, I never knew you cared.
'Guys…. You have to find her, and comfort her…. Please… Sonic, don't let her run away…'Ill go wherever the hell I please, thank you very much, Amy. I'm sorry, but I can't deal with this anymore. I could not tolerate that bitch in there saying I never 'existed'. My memories are true to the core, I know it! But… then again… there may be that chance, you know, that chances are they were never real. They weren't even apart of me, just something dreamed up all by fantasy…. Maybe I was sealed in way before Shadow was sealed in. I… I just don't know anymore. I never thought of my memories being lies, though.
The hallways, and doors seemed endless to me, like they would continue on for miles and miles. I am pouring sweat as I also shed glints of tears. They're nothing but blurs, as I slammed into the emergency stairways, almost busting the steel door down with my immense speed. All I could think about was running away from it all, like I never wanted to know any of them, ever. My feet allow me to stomp each step along the way, as I nearly knock the exit door at the end. I felt light… so lightheaded it wasn't funny, nothing to laugh at about that.
I run by the nurses' desk, people watch me in awe; always thinking I'm Sonic or someone. Fuck them. The moment I came out of the containment, I was always mistaken for Sonic the Hedgehog. It's either they call out to me, or just don't take a second look. No one bothers to think who I really am.
[End POV]
Meanwhile…Eggman was whisking away at a computer, typing at the console with an incredible speed. He had recently gone out to search for Katai, and indeed, he found him, injured, and barely alive at that point. Now that he was here, the echidna was sitting on a table, some bandages on some parts of his head, others on his body, which were partly flesh. The steel parts were not even dented, nor did they have any scratches on them. Amazing how he survived with little injuries.
"Thank you for finding me, my master. I thought I wouldn't be able to find you, but it's sad to say that Metal Sonic has… deceased."
"Katai, my dear boy, I have known for a while. I'm working on my latest machine. This time, I will do as I promised that annoying hedgehog before… Blizzard will be mine, but still, getting Amy won't be a problem… as long as those idiots are pre-occupied with trying to find their sad-bound friend… Metal Sonic II is already operational. And his capabilities far exceed the first version, even powered with a chaos emerald within the central core… the perfect combat weapon against those annoying pests, but I had a mission for him to carry out…"
"And what is that, Doctor Eggman?" Inquired Katai, from the background.
"You'll see, in due time. But this… this tells me I will be getting two prizes in one sweep. Yes… oh ho… for you see… I have been tinkering with the way I can enhance one's power. That… is where the Nega-Multiplier comes in. My latest machine will actually double…. Possibly triple the power of the subject! Not only that, but it only changes the darkness that lies within. I can turn anyone from pure of heart, to rotten to the core in a matter of minutes! And the best thing is… well, as I said… you'll see when II brings my subject back to base…"
Katai is perfectly silent for a few seconds. Well, basically this whole pure-to-rotten process perplexes him, but he was told he would see in the near future. This doesn't mean that the doctor would use that Amy person again, would he? Apparently so, because he can't stand to see her sad… again, which would definitely annoy him half to death. Shaking that thought away as quick as it turned up, the echidna resumed his resting position, closing his eyes to let himself heal.
[Back to the POV]
I'm outside, the wind rushing at my face. I just don't care where my legs take me. I just want away from it all. Cars nearly hit, or swerve away from me, crashing into objects, or screeching to halts in my path. Right about now, I think I could just faint. That, or die on the spot. Either way, it really doesn't matter what happens to me at that point in time. Nor do I care less, but to get to my brother…. At least I think he is my brother…
'You know that isn't true. Like you have a way of knowing how I feel, it's having the same effect on me. Stop, right now.'
Shadow's voice? But… how? He isn't here… Knowing myself, I stop dead in my tracks in the middle of a park, with trees, and grass. A playground in the distance with little human children playing on it along with others… My ears twitch at s sound nearby, like a tree was creaking or something. Am I imagining it or is Shadow saying he is here? I think I've lost my mind in the confusion, until I feel a hard pain to my right cheek. My face had turned the opposite way I was hit, and some spit goes flying from my mouth. Caught off-guard, I had been slapped, hard, to the point I fell to the ground, recoiling in anger all of a sudden as my quills bristle to an unending seethe of being pissed-off…
Until I look at my offender.
I halt everything I was doing. My anger vanishes like it was never there. Sapphire eyes lock with Ruby red altogether. He was staring down at me with disappointment. I…
"Blizzard, know this very well. Everything that worthless batgirl said was a lie."
"But… but… why?"
"My answer is that I requested that you never be known of. Gerald insisted on you being recorded, but I protested. I'm… sorry if I hadn't told you. I came back because of your confusion eating away at me internally." He really wasn't too happy, but I could tell that I probably disturbed him just with my feelings of being lost, and confused, since in his hand, he was toying with a silvery-tinted emerald.
"That's okay, but you didn't need to freaking hit me…" I bitterly add.
"You needed something to snap you out of your nonsense thinking. You should not have let that get to you at all."
"Shut up… I was hurt to know that, okay? Is it wrong to feel hurt?"
"No. But it got to you too easily. You've become too soft for your own good. Just don't let things get to your head next time… oh… and by the way… how is she fairing? …"
I knew whom he was talking about the moment he toned down on the word 'she'. It was funny how he could care for her, and not really for me. But, as I was warned… I couldn't let small things like that go to my head. He offers his hand, and I take it firmly, which he pulls me up to my feet. I coolly respond to him, without losing my anger.
"She's fine, but I have to admit, she had everyone worried when she fell into another fever attack. I don't know what happened to make it come back, but then Sonic requested that he wanted to see her alone and such, so we all left, then Sonic came out, saying she went to sleep soundly."
"Hn."
Silence… pure silence…
"Why do you seem all tense for? Is it like…--"
"Ssh. Listen…" Shadow did really seem tense, but why for? I don't hear any--… wait one damn moment. Humming. Not any regular humming, not like the ones people do. A different kind of humming… like one that machines make. But there were cars, trucks, vans, and other hosts of machinery like those that can make such noises… but Shadow was pointing out that this particular noise… was way different. But what kind of machine could make this kind of noisy humming… especially if human ears can't really pick it up… and our ears were much more sensitive enough to hear such low humming noise considered 'loud' in our ears?
"I hear it… but… what is it? "
"I'm not sure… it's coming closer…"
"Closer??""Yes, closer, you twit."
Before we knew it, actually… before I did, I was on my back in a flash, followed by a huge FTEW! BSSSSH! Disturbing noise from a bright red laser blast. I felt the heat pass by my skin and fur, but Shadow… pushed me out of the way… and he took the brunt of the blow, almost frying his right arm and hand completely. I'm in total shock for a while, but it really didn't last very long for when both mine and Shadow's heads turn to look at our attacker… Shadow's eyes seem to simmer with either surprise, or severe hatred redeveloping within those reddish hues.
"Oh my god… that can't be…"
"It's him. Come back for more, have we, bastard? I'll give you the taste of my wrath! You worthless piece of machinery!"
A laser cannon attached to the appendage of the new robot Metal Sonic was clearly directed at me and Shadow on the ground, people running in the background to fetch their children and flee before any more destruction or possible death could occur if both of us, and Metalhead decide to go all out in fighting…
I thought I was hearing something, like orders…
\\ Primary Objective 1. //
\\ Subdue and capture female hedgehogs Organic whole units Blizzard and Amy Rose. //
\\ Primary Objective 2. //
\\ Use captured organic units as shields, and take off. //
\\ Tertiary Objective //
\\ Destroy Sonic, and anyone else attempting to save captured units. //
"Futile attempt to halt Metal Sonic II will result in death."
"…Make me die, you piece of shit… you're the one that's gonna die. Again."
My own brother was snarling beneath his breath. Jeeze… but I'm pretty sure he wasn't too keen on letting this freak of nature take Amy, or me, or even both.. But there's one thing this dumb machine doesn't know. I can kick ass, and I'll prove it. I'll prove it right now, if I have to! I shove shadow off of me, and I roll to the right, diving headfirst in a rolling tackle to collide with the huge robot, which was a bit taller than Shadow was in height. I hadn't specified on what I was attacking, but I knew it once I hit something stiff and metallic… fast and hard, and merely bouncing right off the moment I impacted metal surface. The next thing I could remember was that Shadow frantically shouted at me to get up and run like hell, but too late that came, since a sharp hand gripped the back of my head, through the mass of quills, and firmly held me down. Then it abruptly uplifted me off the ground. I was still curled, but I refused to uncurl and hang there like a damned dummy on wires.
Oh shit. Oh fucking shit. I got myself caught way too easily.
I can still hear Shadow cursing, calling me names, then calling the robot names, and that sort of junk. Metalhead was definitely putting the squeeze on my head, more pressure tightening itself on my cranium. I squirmed in pain, but I refused to cry, or emit sounds of torturing pain. Okay, okay… I let go, my whole body exposing itself to Shadow openly, my eyelids shut tight. And he could tell why.
"Incompetent unit. Stay away or face the consequential death of Unit Blizzard."
"Well, considering I'm not truly deaf, you can't kill her."
"Incorrect. Blizzard is unnecessary extra load… Orders are classified, and I will de—"
"TERIIIIIA!!!"Suddenly… I thought I could have sworn I heard someone yelling at the top of their lungs, and coming closer… really… then I feel my entire body hit the ground with a thud, then another noise of metal hitting the ground right next to me. I just… felt so tired… my head was thumping, like my own heartbeat was caged inside my brain. I can't really get up… everything's spinning… like I'm becoming so dizzy, probably from pressure on my head. I think I will sleep…
[End POV again]
"Geeze! Eggman won't stop, will he!? Damnit, someone grab Blizzard and stay away unless any of you guys plan on helping me team against … whoa… is that Metalhead I just kicked? I thought he was finished! Gone."
The slight creaking noise, and the whining of the gear within gave the signal Metal Sonic II was not down and out so easily. The Chaos Emerald began to pump out additional power, giving the creation enough time to jump up and get to his own two feet. Glaring at Shadow, he will have to take care of Sonic later…. Only destroying Sonic, and anyone else is a tertiary objective… Gearing his jet engine up, the robot pushed himself forward towards Shadow, and immediately he dumbfounded everyone with his speed. In front of Shadow already, Metal Sonic II merely used his fist to deliver a pain-striking blow to Shadow's abdomen, or his gut, preferably.
"Apparently not, Faker. I'll gladly kill this robot again. Even if it is a second ver---OOF!!"
The Ultimate Life Form reels over from the amount of pain that was inflicted upon him at that very moment. He had been aware of the robot, but wasn't able to pick him up until the machine was right in front of himself. Metal then uses his 'knee' to drive it on Shadow's bowing head, getting results as the poor hedgehog was being brutally beaten so fast, Shadow uplifting his head and holding it with one hand. Staggering, he tried to keep up, about to get out of the way, but came too late as the third punch connects to his chest in a hard, fast power punch that literally sends Shadow flying like a bird… backwards.
The mechanical monster stuttered right after Sonic slammed into the back, but dropped to the ground, reeling from pain caused by the protruding sharp-edged spikes on the back… caution just incase he was attacked from the back. Sonic yelped a little, struggling to get up since there was a huge bruise upon his forehead, but Metal Sonic pays no attention to the worthless blue hedgehog as he starts to head off back to pick up the downed Blizzard. That was when he encountered more pests… the treasure hunters.
"Hammer Punch!" "Dark Wave!"Two familiar voices came from above. Metal halted in his tracks, and looked at the source of the voices in the sky. As soon as he did, he got the jab to the face by a white fist, hard enough to make a small dent in the armor…. A small dent?? Knuckles jumps back away, in time for a sudden blast of darkness created by the mid-air Rouge comes blazing right past. The blast only pushes Metal back a few feet, but he isn't really affected very much… No damage, just a little steam emitting from the front end. Suddenly, the laser cannon charges up to a maximum capacity. The whine of it could have been heard, but Metal had a specific target in mind… dully aiming it towards the air to a smooth degree, almost as accurate as he can get… since his newest target was his latest offender, Rouge the Bat.
"Damn… Sonic, are you okay?"
"Y-yeah, I am, Knuckles. Bu--… wha! Lookout!" The cobalt hedgehog frantically pointed at Metal, who had his laser cannon at full power, ready to fire… straight at Rouge, who was nearing the ground now for a landing. The echidna grumbled beneath his breath about stupid machines, and left Sonic's side to charge full-throttle at Metal head-on. His speed kept rising, until he could only run so fast. Metal eyes the echidna, in a flash. Knuckles is shocked at the early detection, only to have the cannon turn… and the Guardian being the new target. Putting on the breaks, wavering his arms in a show of trying to get out of the way, Knuckles became panicked until it was a bit too late to turn now, for the cannon fired, the bright red beam launching itself out of the barrel, and towards Knux, the width about a foot or so… maybe longer.
"AH!"
All he could do was nothing… nothing at all, until a body crashes outrageously into him, knocking him off to the side. A gasp of pain ensued afterwards, Rouge biting her lip at her right wing, which had been almost burnt to a crisp, barely touching the laser beam blast, but enough to sear into the skin. Both bodies collided into the ground, Rouge over the shocked Knuckles… who was inches… no, mere millimeters from death…