Unclear destiny
DISCLAIMER- I still don't own any of the sega characters , if it did , they would look very different and Cream even wouldn't exist. The ones I own are Jaruala , Shimmer and Zero.
My life , my purpose of existence , my very identity. Gone. All with three words , three words that would haunt me forever . ' Your a clone' ' a clone' 'a clone'.
They echoed , torturing my soul. Killing my hope . I had no drive . There was nothing, no hope, no life . Even my personality was not my own.
The wall began to move , it turned around as I was captured. But I didn't care . Who cares if the robots won the war? I barely bothered to keep my eyes open as Knuckles struggled against the robots that had come to capture him. Why did it matter if he was killed , he wasn't 'my' friend. He was Sonic's and Sonic was dead , who was I too pretend to be him?
Tails stabbed Knuckles in the neck with a dart and after a few seconds , the echidna dropped to the ground , knocked out , or worse...
Then the wall closed behind me and I was left In complete darkness , the only sounds my newly revealed systems , as if trying to remind me what I really was. They moaned and shifted , doing some operation that I didn't even though about. Is sighed , could my life get any worse? Well , I suppose it could , if I even had a life.
I was taken out of the thoughts of myself when the wall opened up again and the robot that used to be known as Tails walked in, the light blinding me as it flooded in. I barely lifted my head , not caring about anything anymore. The robot could do anything it wanted , because I no longer had the will to live.
" Your awfully quiet , considering how much felt you had to get out earlier , I thought you may have been curios , after all , their are many things you can do" he said , his eyes flashing with faint traces of red. I didn't move , my eyes firmly closed . I wasn't listening to anything that robot had to say , he wasn't my friend , I didn't have any friends. " I guess it all makes sense to you now , doesn't it?" Said the robot , walking circles around me. My uncovered claw twitched. He was right , all those secrets , secrets the others were keeping from me , it all had to do with the fact I was a clone. The device Knuckles tried to hide from me , it must have been for fixing machines. " Its a shame" said Tails , continuing to taunt me as best he could " You could be so much more , you systems are much more than a copy of Sonic , you are technically superior to him, why not use your hidden strength? Join me and we will make everyone like us! Superior life forms!" it concluded , clenching its hand in a fist. I felt my own claw tighten and I looked up , my revealed eye staring coldly at him. Maybe he was right. Why should I remain loyal to Knuckles anyway? He didn't tell me that I was clone. I had a right to know! He must have planned to use me! Use me to defeat the robots and then destroy me! He must have known from the very beginning! That bastard! That fucking bastard!
My mind was made up. I opened my mouth , some of the skin still flapping where it clung on for dear life. The jaw underneath clicking as I moved I up and down , the hydraulics within pumping steam for its movement , the undamaged artificial tongue still letting me talk , although perhaps I had a robotic voice box of my own?
" I will join you" I said simply , no point on wasting my breath on pointless conversation. The mechanical fiend grinned , rubbing his hands together.
" Good! Now obey my commands!" He said . I sniffed rudely , I would obey , but only if suited me. The floor opened up and a panel rose from within , almost a metre across it contained only one creature.
His face shadowed by his dreadlocks, crouched low , venerable , like a dog waiting to be put down. My lip curled into a snarl. I would be the one to do it. I would end his miserable life once and for all! His arms chained , his feet tied together. His breath shaking , laboured , as If my models friend given him a few kicks before hand. The acid still covering his fur , slightly sticky and matted because of it. He sighed , coughing and spluttering weakly. His muscles flickered and spasmed , the needle in his neck causing obvious side effects. Tails grinned evilly.
" But first a test" he said , jerking his head in the direction of the weak echidna.
I approached . Ready to end his worthless life. Tails stood to the side , nodding , signalling that I could go. My fist unclenched and I flexed my newly discovered claws , their sharp ends would easily tear through his unworthy flesh . My feet steeping slowly, inching towards him. Deliberately slow. I wanted him to suffer , emotionally and physically , just like I had.
I came to a stop, no more then 10 centre meters away from his crouched form. I stared at him , my new eye creating a look that went past hate. He knew his destiny , he knew his mistake . But I wanted to remind him , to make him suffur and then to kill him.
" So Knuckles , how long were you planning to keep it up?" I said calmly, my tone of voice betraying what I felt inside. " How long were you planning on lying to me? Giving me false hope? Putting me through hell and back?" I said , my voice rising , my mechanics letting of a burst of electricity. " I thought I knew you , I thought I could trust you , even if I'm not the real Sonic , not really your friend , I would have thought you would have had the decency to tell me what I really was! But no! You kept it from me! Kept me guessing! Kept it a secret? And you know what! I've had it! Maybe the real Sonic would have forgiven you some day , but not me , I'm not Sonic , im just an evil robot , SO I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT!" I said , rising my claw above my head. He looked up , no hope left in his dead eyes. Only despair and guilt. For him , this was the end. Tails stood to the side , watching with no sign of any emotion , he didn't care either . Maybe he should , Knuckles was his friend , or at least he used to be . But I didn't care what Tails did . This would be my revenge . I would make new friends , or lead a life of solitude. Whatever path I took , one thing was for sure , Knuckles would not walk it beside me.
My fist came down, smashing him with machine perfect force . His steel plating split and he cried out in pain , a little blood leaking from its metal prison. He whimpered and cowered over and I laughed. This was the same creature that had bragged all those years ago about how tough he was and now , he cowered and cried , under the pressure of a lowly robot. I punched him across the jaw , his head snapping to the side and dreadlocks flying , little splatters of blood appearing on the steel floor. He coughed and more blood dripped from his mouth , soaking his short stubble. Then I kicked him , my hard metal foot causing a sickening crunch when It made contact with his ribs. Tears rolled from his eyes and he shivered , wriggling against the grip of the wires , desperately trying to escape his horrible torture. But he wouldn't , he wouldn't escape until he was dead , dead by my hand.
Again and again I kicked and punched , making sure to use the visible robotics to remind him of what he had done. He moaned and coughed , letting the pain rush through him because he had no other choice. Back and forth he was knocked , as each new blow from me caused his body to chance direction again , a fresh supply of blood came with every kick.
Then I stopped. This was it . I would kill him . I would deal the final blow. My face hardened . I wasn't enjoying doing this , no pleasure was coming from his punishment. Only grim satisfaction , but it was enough to tell me that it had to be done. I raised my hand again , ready to stick him on the neck and break his connection to life. He looked up , still trembling and I stopped. The look in his eyes , that mournful look , it froze me. I couldn't move. What was wrong with me? He betrayed me and was going to leave me to die , so why was it so hard for me to return my uncompleted fate? Tails watched from behind , I had no idea what he was thinking. My fist , held above my head , ready , but not moving. Knuckles coughed and opened his bloody mouth . He gaped a few times before struggling to get out the words.
" I'm... S s Sorry..." He spluttered pathetically.
Those two words. Those stupid words. I had heard them all my life , mostly said with no real meaning. Thrown around with every irrilivant thing that went wrong . But now it was different. Knuckles sounded like he spoke the words from his heart and they rung with truth. I couldn't believe it. Two measly words stopped my powerful assault. Two irrelevant sounds halted my plans of revenge. How dare he! How dare he apologise! After all he's done to me he have the nerve to say he's sorry! That wasn't good enough! Nothing could save him now! Not even I fake apology.
My anger rushed back and I tensed up my arm again. All logic or feeling flew out the window replaced by pure fury. I threw my hand down , making sure to create enough force to shatter his spine. This was it . No going back. Knuckles stared at me , his eyes full of panic , he wriggled frantically and twisted around , frantically trying to avoid the blow. But to no avail , nearer and nearer my strong , mechanical arm got . Closer and closer. It was almost there , about to hit , about to smash away my troubles.
But then , I felt it stop. Something was holding me back. I twisted round and sent forth my other arm , trying to smash whatever was holding me back. But that blow was met with a equally powerful one and my hand was caught, twisted round behind my back and held there , causing immense pain through my body if I tried to wriggle away.
Still furious , I yelled and thrashed. But I was still held tightly. Would I ever get to kill that snivelling echidna? Not in the near future it seemed , as he seemed to have some kind of weird guardian angel , one that kept stopping me from getting to him. Speaking of which , who was holding me?
" Stop struggling! You fool! I need Knuckles alive! He could be a valuable addition to our team" came Tails voice from behind me , his claws digging into my arm painfully. Why did I feel pain anyway? Surly that was a disadvantage in battle? Why would my design include something like that? I stopped thrashing , my of level rage still fairly high.
" Why? Why do you need him when you have me?" I said , trying to look at Tails face over my shoulder. He shrugged and said
" We like to use every opportunity to its full purpose" he said.
" Hmmph " I said rudely. Tails released me and I stood up quickly , not liking the fact that he looked superior to me when I was lying pathetically on the floor. Knuckles looked up at Tails in confusion , as if he had expected him to let him die. Suddenly the platform came back to life and he was dragged under slowly. He looked at Tails and gave him a nod of thanks. I quickly wiped my head round to view Tails reaction. I blinked. Were my eyes malfunctioning? Or did Tails just smile at him? Knuckles then looked at me. I was surprised that instead of a look of despise and a warning of revenge , I his face softened and he said slowly and painfully
"I did it ... for her" then disappearing under the floor. I was shocked! Who was he talking about? I had a theory , and if my theory was correct , Knuckles may not have been such a horrible person after all . Maybe he shouldn't have deserved all that pain I gave him earlier.
I started shacking , maybe this place wasn't so good after all . Maybe I was on the wrong side? But who should I choose? A robot who used to be my best friend but has lost almost all of his personality through weird modifications? Or my other best friend? A broken down drug addict who could have potentially betrayed me for his own selfish reasons? I didn't know what to do , but I certainly wasn't staying here. I jumped into a spin dash and smashed threw the wall , pieces of steel flying around randomly.
" What are you doing?" Said Tails angrily , following me out of the hole. I turned round , gave him one of my old , confident smiles and said
" Sorry bud , this place ain't for me! I gotta go!" My voice full of the old enthusiasm . Tails stood , a little shocked , as I continued to smile. But slowly , the old Tails seemed to be reawakened and he smiled too , giving me a thumbs up . I laughed and got ready to do another spin dash , but before I could , robots appeared in front of me , using what looked like transporter technology. I skidded to a halt. So they thought they could stop my road to freedom? I'd show them! I jumped up and smashed along all four of them using me spin dash , causing them to explode in a typical robot manner. I turned and got ready to say goodbye to Tails. But before I could , more appeared out of thin air. I jerked to the side , shocked by their random appearances and smashed roughly into a wall. The robots took advantage of my momentary disability and seized me by the wrists. I struggled. So close! I had almost been free. Then it hit me , Tails!
" Help me!" I pleaded , yelling in his direction. The robot fox however , did nothing. I watched confused as the robots holding me began dragging me away. " No!" I yelled , thrashing against my captures. Tails watched , doing nothing . " Help!" I yelled desperately " Help!". But he still didn't move , only watched me , his robotic face unreadable. Is sighed. I thought I had a friend , but it turns out it was just another lie. I hung limply in the grips of the robots , knowing from experience that once a robot grabs you , there is little chance of escape. My feet dragging along the ground , one of them all pipes and wires. A tear rolled down my eye as I was reminded of the fact that I had no life , no friends. I looked up at the last minute and saw Tails , still watching from afar. His eyes narrowed sadly
" I'm sorry" he said , his synthetic voice making it almost impossible whether he was sincere. I closed my eyes again as he vanished from view and I was dragged along another long corridor. The jets of the robots creating a warm air current below my feet. The hum of machine life still audible from behind those walls. After what seemed to be an eternity we reached the end of the featureless corridor and entered another set of huge doors , into a room filled with darkness. The doors closed and my sight was stolen , the jingle of chains the only sound I heard apart from my systems running and the pumping of liquid around my fake veins.
A sudden weight on either hand and a cold pressure told me that I had been chained once again. The robots left and I sighed , trying to walk away to test how long my chains were. However , after only a few paces something caught the front of my right leg and snaked around it. I fell to the floor as the chain tripped me up , my jaw landing roughly on the cold floor.
" Ow" I said , pushing myself of the ground. I got up and brushed myself off , the chains creating a metal rustling sound as I did so.
I sighed and leaned against the wall , my droning systems beginning to annoy me.
" Who's there?" Said a dark and slightly familiar voice from out of nowhere. I jumped and yelled , the chains rattling as if they didn't want to be left out. When my heart stopped trying to jump out of my chest I looked in the direction of the voice , of course not seeing anything as it was pitch black. Suddenly , the voice spoke up again. " Sonic? Is that you?" It said in the same dark tone as it had used before , a dark tone that sounded awfully familiar. Wait , it couldn't be... But wasn't he dead?
" Shadow?..."
AUTHORS NOTES
Well , there you go , 6th chapter! I may not update for a while coz I have about 7 exams coming up and some coursework to do , plus I'm not exactly sure how to continue this story. I have over ten reveiws! Woohoo! That probably doesn't seem that much to you but this is my first fic remember. Im on three peoples favourites! Again your probably thinking 'big wow'( sarcastically) but to me its great! Anyway once my exams are over I have a four day weekend so expect a lot of updating around that time. See ya!
shadows dark angel- Yep , you were the only onewho reviewedlast time. im glad you like the story and are keeping so loyal to it. By the way , did you like the suprise ending of this chapter?
alone in the dark- hey thanks for revewing and fo putting me on your favourites list , im really not doing bad for my first fic am i? oh yeah and as for you spiders , her some ... spider food?
flurry blurry- hi thanks for reading the story . i know that the first chapters have bad grammer ok so you dont actually need to remind me! im probly gonna get mon to remind u 2 read again so prepare for more!