Chapter 16 - Hidden power

Oh man, I got a headache. I can hardly open my eyes, i'll just... "So, are you sure that he can stop Summers?" That's... Solars voice! I try to open my eyes... but they just won't open. "Yes, I am sure. This guy can hold back the true power of Summers." The Malicious! I finally open my eyes. Everything is dark. I can't see anything. I can't move either. "What if you are only using us?" Blaze says. So Blaze too...

Malicious: "Of course I am only using you. But the two of you don't have a choice, if you want this world to exist much longer."

Blaze: "But once Summers is normal, we can take him, right?"

Malicious: "We've already made the deal. I can assure you that Summers will stay in safety, and that you can take him with you."

Solar: "What's Hero supposed to do anyway? Is he more powerful than Summers?"

Malicious: "Heh, no. He's not nearly as powerful as Summers. He's still a weakling right now."

Blaze: "So he's able to immobilize the power of Summers?"

Malicious: "That's not it too. There isn't anything special about Hero, except for his strong will and great natural fighting capabilities."

Solar: "So... is he going to stop him wi"

Malicious: "You can stop guessing now. You will see what happens when we have Summers here. If you two do your job, then i'll do mine."

I hear a door close. Then some light comes from an opening door. It appear to be The Malicious. He turns on the lights, and looks at me. "So, you're finally awake now Hero. You must've heard your conversation between me... and your buddies." Yeah... are they on his side now? "Were they on your side all along?" The Malicious turns around. "They aren't even on my side right now. Don't worry about them. They're too stupid to betray you." Well... I hope he's telling the truth.

Me: "What do you want from me?"

Malicious: "As you heard from us. I need you to stop the insane strength of Summers."

Me: "That I heard. But... I'm not capable of doing that."

Malicious: "You are very capable. You see, you still have a special ability. You should know about it by now."

Me: "You mean... the extra strength boost I can get in critical situations."

Malicious: "You still don't know? I thought I knew yourself better than that. Tell me. Why have you been beating up stronger opponents than you? Why?"

Me: "I ah... I can read opponents like open books. But Summers destroyed a village in a single explosion, or so I heard. What good would this ability be?"

Malicious: "That would do a lot of good when you fight him. But you still haven't guessed your special ability? Let me tell you something. Every hedgehog that comes from another world has a unique, special ability. And yours can neutralize Summers. Think about it for now. You still have until tomorrow. If everything goes according to schedule, your friends your friends should have him here by then."

He leaves the room, and leaves me in the dark then. Man, he really asks a lot out of me. So... what would this hidden power be? Hmm... it must be visible, I think. Seria has telepathic powers, and The Malicious has his energy shields. And Summers has his energy attacks... Who else? Blaze has fire. I remember wind blades... yeah. Those were from that samurai hedgehog, Zero. I can't think of anything the others have... so these 5 people will have to do. And The Malicious wouldn't just give Summers away without a reason. I think that can mean only one thing. He wants to take over Summers power, not control Summers for his power.

I keep thinking the whole time. But... I just can't think of anything special I can do. I can basically already guess what the abilities are of the others... but still not mine. A wall is smashed. Daylight comes from it. So it's already morning. Regulus, Overdrive and Lexer walk through it. "Hey guys! Free me, now!" They can barely see me, but they do see me. "Hero, you okay?" Lexer asks. "I'm fine. But The Malicious was planning to let me fight Summers." They all have a surprised look on their face. "He's totally crazy, man! He just captures you to get you slaughtered!" Regulus says. They free me and we go out of the building. I notice it's nowhere near any population. "The Malicious thinks I can neutralize Summers."

Overdrive: "What a fool!"

Me: "I'm not so sure about that. He's just a big risk taker. Anyway, we gotta find Solar and Blaze."

Lexer: "So you know where they are?"

Me: "I think so. They were going to lure Summers to this building. So if we find Summers, we find them too."

We hear something behind us. It's coming from out of the building. We all turn around, and see 3 hedgehogs. Jackal, Revenant and Zero. I can't use this kind of trouble now... "You think, you can, escape, from, the claw, of Jackal?" Always doing something weird, that Jackal... At least he's not laughing right now.

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