Into the Dark
The ocean of love that bathed the four creatures was suddenly raped away in a blinking flash of lifeless smoke, heated metal, and splattering blood. Shadows crushed the very soul from a life, longing for this world, no more. A blank face stared into the heavens with blood trickling from his lips, trembling and quivering.
"Matt……please no" Sally whimpered.
The princess's tears swelled up, engulfing those beautiful diamonds of black and blue she called eyes. The sight of Matt's body lying there made her sick inside. Tails and Bunnie burst with tears as they writhed angrily against their cold, fur ripping shackles. Flesh snapped as the creatures fur ripped off chunks against the metallic shackles.
Sonic gasped "How could you, how could you, how could you?".
Rose smirked "Simple, I pointed and squeezed. One little click of the barrel and a whole world of problems fades away in a puff of smoke and blood".
"You're a monster" Bunnie scowled.
The professor laughed "Greatness doesn't come without a price, and I won't be great as long as this grease stain is still breathing".
Rose turned to the hallways and shouted to her guards, thick stomping black boots loudly echoed through out the halls. Armored soldiers and heavily armed police officers entered the laboratory and surrounded the area. The sight of Matt's body disturbed most of them, Rose scoffed and tossed her pistol aside.
"Get that body out of here and keep your guns sharp, I don't want my little prized pets getting any ideas" Rose said.
Grrrrrrrr……
Grrrrrrrr……
Grrrrrrrr……
Those strange, inhuman sounds were coming from Sonic's lips, the blue hedgehog was thrashing violently against his shackles. The table bounced as screws dropped down from Sonic's wrist cuffs. Rose gasped as the hedgehog was acting like a wild animal, veins sprouted over Sonic's body as his eyes started to glow blood red. Sally gasped as she watched Sonic.
Rose shouted "STOP HIM, stop him now, hold him down before he breaks free, quickly, quickly".
The officers rushed to Sonic's table and grabbed his thrashing arms and legs, pulsating muscles bulged in Sonic's thin, toothpick like blue legs. Sonic snarled as drool dripped from his barking lips like a wild dog. A guard screamed as Sonic's red sneaker kicked him into the air, the guard went flying like a Frisbee. Rose gasped as more and more guards were sent, and more and more of them were hurled back. Sonic seemed almost unstoppable.
"Oh mah stars, look at sugar hog's back" Bunnie exclaimed.
Sonic's bright, blue spines were changing into a bright, golden color. The spiky appendages turned upwards and melted into the powerful, electrical shade of gold that was covering his entire body. Wild sparks shot out from Sonic's wrists as they blasted off his cuffs.
Sally gasped "Everyone hang on".
Tails and Bunnie squeaked as the sparks blasted off their cuffs too, Sally smiled as she rubbed her wrists.
"What the hell is going on here?" Rose screamed.
FLASH!
Sonic's transformation was now complete. The hedgehog's body was now completely gold, raw electricity circled and surged around him like a coiling snake. Blood red eyes boiled behind thick, coal black orbs that burned fiercely with the raw, seething hatred for the female professor. Sally and the other stayed close behind Sonic as he faced the army of officers and guards.
Rose gulped "Who are you, what are you?".
The hedgehog growled a response, his voice was almost demonic and didn't sound like Sonic's voice at all.
"I am the guardian of light, I am the servant to all that is pure, I am the protector of peace, I am Super Sonic! But more importantly, I am the friend of the man YOU just murdered……and your time is way past over"
The professor screamed and ordered her troops to fire, the guards unloaded a blinding barrage of bullets and gunfire. Hundreds of silver shells screamed towards the four furry creatures with a blinding fury of which no man could survive. Tails screamed and held his hands up to seemingly shield himself from the bullets.
WHOOSH!
A barrier of light was formed around them, the bullets smashed into the barrier and disintegrated into piles of dust and ash. Super Sonic frowned and removed the barrier as the stunned faces of the guards looked upon in horror.
"My turn" Super Sonic replied.
The golden hedgehog roared off his sparkling shoes and smashed them across a guard's face, the man dropped to the ground, his face bleeding and bruised from the kick. Super Sonic leapt again and struck another guard and another, creating a vicious cycle of revenge. Bunnie and Tails screamed as they bravely followed their friend's example and attacked the guards. Bunnie's metallic arm stretched out and flipped the guards into the air.
Tails screamed "For Matt".
The twin tailed fox flew into the air and kicked a guard right in the head, he then spun around and delivered a hammer punch with both his arms. The three furry heroes plowed their way through guard after guard, shattering their bones and smashing their weapons. Sally sighed as tears continued to dampen the chestnut colored cheeks of her angelic face. The princess cradled Matt's head into her lap as his weak lips struggled to form words.
Sally sniffled "Shhhh, don't speak Matt, I'm here, I'm here with you".
Matt gagged "S-s-s-s-sonic you c-c-can't let him".
As the princess leaned in to try and understand Matt's weak and whispery words, Sonic raged on into his heated battle with the guards. Tails and Bunnie leapt into the air and drop kicked 4 guards to the floor. The cyborg rabbit screamed with fury as her robot arm blasted a powerful beam into a guard behind Tails. The fox nodded a thank you to Bunnie as he flipped his twin tails to trip another pair of guards, Tails smirked as the guards dropped.
The blinding gold flashes of light surrounding the guards grew brighter and faster. Each guard screaming, falling, and flying through the air was no doubt a sign of Super Sonic's whereabouts. Rose's smeared red lips panted for gasps of fresh air, as the woman desperately tried to crawl her way out of here. Bare feet flexed as her trembling legs silently pushed the female professor towards the door. Super Sonic growled and turned towards Rose.
"Going some where professor?" the golden hedgehog hissed.
Rose screamed as a massive table was hurled at the door, the table crashed into the door, completely cutting Rose's escape route off. The woman nervously kicked her feet against the ground, trying to push herself away from the golden, spiky haired demon. Super Sonic approached Rose with a glowing charge of electric energy in one of his white gloved hands.
Rose panicked "Now wait, wait one second here. I d-d-d-didn't mean to shoot him, h-h-h-honestly, it was just an accident".
Super Sonic growled "Yeah, like how my fist is about to come smashing through your head, just another accident like you said".
The woman screamed "Please no, you can't do this, you can't. I'm begging you, please, PLEASE. Show some mercy".
The golden hedgehog roared as he crushed his hands around Rose's slender neck, her tanned skin turning blue as her vocal chords were being crushed. Rose gagged and choked for air as she weakly grabbed Super Sonic's hands. Super Sonic smirked as he crushed tighter and harder, he could almost hear her black heart starting to slow down, he was loving every minute of this.
Tails gasped "Sonic NO, don't do it".
Bunnie added "Don't kill her sugar hog, you're better then that".
Super Sonic ignored them "Stay out of this, she killed Matt without even a second thought. Where was her so called mercy when she pulled the trigger? This madness ends, and she dies RIGHT NOW".
Angrily raising a golden charged fist, Super Sonic snarled as he prepared to end Rose's life forever.
"STOP"
Sonic gasped at that voice, he turned around to see a weak, crippled, and bleeding human being, cradled in Sally's arms like a child. It was Matt. The man choked for air as his shirt and mouth remain stained with blood, Matt's lungs slowly giving out as his heartbeat grew weaker and weaker.
Matt weakly spoke "Don't destroy who you are for a sniveling worm like her Sonic. You're better then this, you're not like Rose, you're not a murderer. If you kill her now, it will destroy you inside and out. Your whole life will be tormented by that terrible choice you made out of anger and hate.
This isn't the way Sonic, this isn't what you showed me.
You showed me that hope can exist, and where there's hope, there's a chance, a chance for peace and love. Don't throw away everything you've worked so hard to create, look inside your heart, and do what you know inside is right. I love you Sonic……and I trust you".
The glowing golden warrior of rage and vengeance sighed as he knew Matt's words were true, Super Sonic dropped Rose. The woman gasped as she desperately rubbed her neck and breathed in deep. Super Sonic blinked back tears as he went to Matt and hugged him, golden arms gently holding the man he loved and cherished so much. Matt smiled and whispered thank you to his friend. Sally and Sonic carried Matt as he they headed to the exit.
Rose's face twisted into a bitter sea of unbridled loathing, her life's work was walking out the door and there was nothing she could do about it.
Or was there?
The professor's eyes gleamed brightly as the metallic handle of the gun she used earlier shined brightly in her chocolate, brown colored eyes. Rose grabbed the gun and aimed it directly at the back of Super Sonic's head.
"If can't have them……then no one can" Rose said.
BANG!
The bullet struck Super Sonic right in the back of his golden, spiky head. Rose gasped as the bullet bounced right off and headed right back towards her. The woman cried out before feeling a warm, cool rush of fresh air in her mind. The bullet had shot Rose right in the head when it bounced back from Sonic's. Rose collapsed face down on the floor, dead.
"It's time we went home" Super Sonic said.
The golden hedgehog removed his bronze like glow and turned around and grabbed something, it was the power ring. Thundering storm clouds rattled their booming roars over the black, midnight skies as rain started to fall. Sonic, Sally, Bunnie, and Tails exited the building with Matt and the power ring in their hands. With little care of the heavily armored police squadrons waiting outside, watching them walk away, Sonic and the others moved on.
The bleeding body of a dying human being rested firmly in Bunnie's hands. Officer Frank gasped as he watched the creatures walk away, ignoring the chilling sting of the rain, the thundering sounds of the sky, and the burning eyes of the police squads. The guards loaded their weapons and readily aimed them in Sonic's direction.
Frank shook his head "Stand down, hold your fire; just……let them pass".
The thousands of men, bracing the storm and preparing their firearms stood with blank stares on their soaked faces. Sonic and his friends embraced the skin peeling cold of the icy rain, walking through it proudly in hand in hand, ignoring the rest of the world. The happiness and sunshine in their hearts had been sucked dry, nothing but darkness now collected their hollow, empty souls. Nothing in this or any other world could describe this awful sorrow.
Stirring motions came from Matt's weakened body, the cold rain and the thundering lighting stirred what little life left in Matt awake. Sally tenderly stroked Matt's face, feeling her slender brown fingers became wet and drenched from the hammering showers.
Sally asked softly "Yes, what is it Matt?".
Matt coughed "I figure now's a good a time as ever (laughs weakly), there's something I wanted to ask you".
The princess smiled sadly "Anything Matt anything".
The golden power ring started to glow bright in Tails hand, the energy of the glow grew stronger as Sonic's ruby red sneakers stepped onto the highway.
Matt smiled "I wanted to know if I could come back with you guys, to Mobius. I think I could be happier there……with you……with my family".
Massive tears in the black, thundering sky started to form.
Sally cried as she nodded to Matt "Sure Matt, we'd be happy to have you".
Bunnie smiled and cried "Sure enough sugar".
The human stared into the abysmal, storm laced sky, staring through clouds of darkness and bolts of lighting stretching to the heavens. The cold rain cooling his withering soul as Matt felt his heartbeat fading faster and faster.
Matt weakly laughed "Billy, Trina, daddy's sorry he couldn't get the chance to see you again. Just know that you're in my prayers and someday, I'll see you again. Sonic, Sally, Tails, Bunnie, I can't thank you enough. I never thought riff raff like me could feel so much happiness……so much love.
The day you jumped me in my alleyway was the……the happiest day of my life. I can see Mobius now (eyes start to shake). I hope the oceans are as blue as they are in my dreams, I hope the skies are as clear as the heavens, I hope I can meet your friends and tell them how much……I love you……I hope".
The portal closed……
The four creatures vanished……
The ring stopped glowing……
Matt is dead……
3 days later……
Back on Mobius……
Rotor rubbed the back of his purple skull, his cat like whiskers twitching a little as he watched Sonic, Sally, Bunnie, and Tails walk up a grassy hill. The hill's grass was a beautiful, sparkling emerald green. A large tree stood at the top of the hill. The tree's shade cast down upon a small block, a headstone shaped block. Sonic and the others strolled upwards towards the headstone, each one was carrying a bouquet of different colored flowers.
Antoine and Rotor sighed as they watched the 4 go up the hill, the boys scratched their heads and looked at each other.
Antoine blinked "Zo zey did not zay much when zay arrived?".
Rotor shrugged "No, they were dead quiet. It's been three days since they came back with that overlander, and it looks like there really having a hard time getting over it".
The French coyote sighed "I only wish we could help zome how".
Rotor replied "I know, I know. This Matt guy really meant the world to them, I've never seen Sally or Sonic or any of them this serious before".
Antoine hummed to himself "I wonder who he was".
Tails and Sonic stood and stared at the gray stone, their eyes sniffling back tears as their hearts felt weaker and weaker. It took so much strength to look at that small piece of concrete without feeling so dead and cold inside. Bunnie and Sally laid down their flowers and gently hugged each other, crying over their shoulders. The four furry creatures stood back together, examining the headstone with a heavy sigh escaping their hollow hearts.
The tombstone read:
"Matt Barson……Overlander……Hero……Friend"
Sonic and Sally gently held hands, their love filled eyes briefly glanced to one another. A kiss of simple but sweet, innocent affection gently blessed each other's soft lips. Sally smiled to Matt's tombstone and gently kissed the top of it, her eyes blinking back crystal colored tears. The princess sighed.
Sally smiled "This one's for you Matt……
And now that we're here,
So far away
All the struggle we thought was in vain
And all the mistakes,
One life contained
They all finally start to go away
And now that we're here its so far away
And I feel like I can face the day
I can forgive, and I'm not ashamed to be the person that I am today……
THE END