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Playstation14: Unfortunately, I have to include EVERY charecter from all the sonic universe and that means Chris too because I promised my friend I would. I'll make Chris so OOC that he'll have to need a new name. Bob? Yes, Bob is good. Go get my precious, Bob!
Maverick87: I can't wait till I type up the final battle but that won't be for a while. Darn!
Disclaimer: Chris T. or now the newly named 'Bob' says that Mechaluna does not own anything. Then he steals your ring and calls it his precious. Go figure.
Chap.8-The Demons Within
The five faced the alien in their fighting poses but the Black Knight merely stood their as if they were nothing.
"I think I have something of yours." The Black Knight said and pulled out Demi's sword, "It still has that idiot of a sensei's blood on it. Except for that, it's a marvelous sword."
"Shut up, you! DIAMOND STORM!" Luna yelled out of nowhere and the crystal shards rained down on the alien. He deflected most of them but one particulary large shard plunged into the Black Knight's shoulder. He hardly acknowledge it and pulled the bloody crystal out his shoulder and flicked it away.
"My, my, trying to protect the filthy demon, are we? You must be punished, child." The Black Knight said, "BLACK EXPLOSION!" He swiped Demi's sword and a black burst of energy propelled the white hedgehog into the ruins, knocking her unconcious. Demi ran to Luna and kneeled down beside her.
"You really know how to make yourself a death wish, don't you? You first insult my father and you hurt my friends." Demi said adding a deeply dark chuckle that made Terra, Shadow, and Sonic pale. "Do you want to know what nightmares are made of?" The dragon hissed. Demi's once cool blue eyes turned a deep crimson with black slits for pupils, spines sprouted from his back, and his fangs grew until they were like a sabor tooth's fangs and purple designs appeared on him. For once, the Black Knight looked like he was frightened but he still stood his ground.
"I-I'm not scared of you demon." The alien said, holding the sword up. Demi got up and turned around to face the frightened alien.
"You haven't answered my question. What are nightmares made of?" The demon said and walked to the alien. The dragon stopped when he was a couple of yards from the Black Knight and cricked his neck which sounded like a gunshot in the evening dusk. Without warning he disappeared and reappeared behind the alien, startling it. "Is it fear?" He reappeared again, this time to the side. "Sins?" He reappeared again, this time floating above the alien. "Or is it death?" The alien took no more time gawking at the twisted demon and turned to run. Demi's arms extended like Chaos Zero's and caught the cowardly alien by his ankles.
"No, please! NO!" The Black Knight pleaded, clawing the ground furiously in a mad attempt to escape. Demi pounced on the alien, his breath hot on the Black Knight's face.
"Since you will not tell me, I'll have to tell you." Demi said, whispering softly. Demi claws scraped agaisnt the alien face and left a cut where green blood seeped through. Demi got very close to the alien's ear like someone who was to tell a secret. "Nightmares are made of me." Demi dug his teeth slowly into the Black Knight's throat and the alien screamed in agony. Then Demi swiped his claws across his eyes, instantly blinding him and he bit off the alien's ears. "Now you may walk mute, blind, deaf, and dumb like the true coward you are."
Meanwhile, Luna was just beginning to stir and woke up to hear someone scream in pain. Luna got up and saw Demi crouched over the Black Knight whispering devilish curses in it's ears. Luna turned to see Shadow, Sonic, and Terra shaking in fear of the demonic figure that was once the peaceful and protective Demi. She must stop this. Luna hobbled, her leg was broken because of the impact, to Demi.
"Demi, stop!" She yelled and tried pulling her demonic friend away from the alien. She turned the dragon around and slapped him hard across the cheek. Tears were streaming down her face and she was startled at the blood dripping down his chin. Demi's eyes turned back to his dark blue and his demonic extensions disappeared. Luna fell into his arms and sobbed softly.
"I'm sorry, Luna. I'm so sorry." Demi said and sushed the white hedgehog. He was like a father to her and he knew how much it scared her when he went into his Demon stage. He was lucky that he was half so he was normal...most of the time. He grabbed his sword from the alien's grasp who was whimpering slightly. "Luna, look away." Demi ordered and Luna turned. The next thing she heard was the sound of metal being plunged into flesh and the stop of whimpers. Demi slowly slid his sword out of the stiff alien and let it fall with a clatter. He walked towards Sonic, Shadow and Terra and they stepped back from him. He shook his head and outstretched his wings. "I need to get some air. You guys can set up camp here." Demi said and lifted off the ground with a blast of wind and disappeared in the inky black night.
"What was that?" Sonic said shakily. Never had he seen so much real life violence. He seen such stuff in the horror movies that Knuckles rented but never had he predicted that it could be all too real.
"Demi's Demonic Stage." Terra simply replied, starting to gather firewood. Soon they had a roaring fire going, thanks to Shadow's fire magic, and Sonic wanted more answers to Demi's violent behavior they just witnessed.
"What is a Demonic Stage?" Sonic asked as everyone gathered around the flame.
"It's after Demi is put under alot emotional pressure, he'll revert to his ancestoral demonics. Since he's only half, it's just a temporary stage. Me and Luna witnessed it just once before this." Terra said and poked the fire with a stick. Sonic nodded, soaking in this information.
"What are we going to do about...him?" Shadow asked, pointing to the corpse of the Black Knight.
"We got to give him some kind of a burial." Luna said and the group went to pick up the body. They softly put it into the river and Terra muttered a couple of tribal praises before the body was drifting down the river. Sonic had never been this close to death. Sure, he had witnessed Shadow's death but then he never really died. Sonic looked up into the stars, praying that his friends were alright before turning back to camp.
(In a clearing, not far from the shrine...)
"Dammit!" Demi yelled as he punched the tree again and left a large dent in it. He gave the tree another good kick and rested beside it.
"Who's there?" A small voice cried. Demi rushed over to the lake and cleaned off the caked blood on his chin and his hands.
"What are you doing here, Rena?" Demi asked, not turning to the EchindaBat that was coming out of the trees.
"Gathering herbs. Are you okay?" Rena asked as she slowly sat beside the dragon. "Did you go into your Demonic Stage?" Demi looked quizically at Rena beside him.
"How do you know about...that?"
"My family keeps a whole library full of scrolls. When you've got nothing else to do but row a boat, you find that you have alot of time to read." Rena said with a smile but Demi did not smile back.
"I really scared my friends. I thought I had it all under control."
"You know what my great-grandma told me before she passed away? She said, 'Hun, I knew a guy who could use Chaos Control but he could not control the chaos within him. Sometimes, things are out of our control.'" Rena said and Demi looked at Rena. Their eyes connected for a minute but for the two it seemed like an eternity. "You know what makes me feel better?"
"What?" Demi asked and Rena got a devious grin on her face.
"Tickle fight!" Rena yelled and pounced on the dragon, tickling him furiously. (A/N: Uh...this comes from...Rouge's side of the family?) Demi started to laugh and then they slipped. Rena ended up on top of Demi, their snouts nearly touched.
'Her eyes are so beautiful...' Demi thought when Rena's lips came closer to his. (A/N: I bet Knuckles is rolling around in his grave right now.)
(Back at camp...)
"Noodles?" Sonic said as he pulled out a package of noodles from Terra's pack.
"Yep, we can have that for dinner." Terra said.
"You mean to tell me that you forced me to eat Chocobo when we had perfectly edible noodles!"
"Yeah. I wanted to see your face when you ate it. It was hilarious!"
"You are a very evil person, Terra."
"I try." Terra said and cooked the noodles over the fire. Then the sound of wings filled the air and a dragon form landed beside the group by the fire. They all turned to see him walk up and sit crosslegged with them. An awkward silence was shared between them all.
"Is there anything you guys want to say?" Demi asked.
"Yeah, we're glad you're back." Sonic said with a friendly smile and a thumbs up.
"We'll always be your friend." Luna said with a calm smile.
"Who else will stick Sonic's head through a pole?" Terra said and got a glare from Sonic.
"I agree with Terra and I guess...we're friends. Yeah." Shadow said crossing his arms to still give his cold demeanor but you could tell he was trying to be sincere.
"You guys are the best." Demi whispered, a small smile on his face.
"Group hug!" Sonic exclaimed and everyone gave him a worried/sarcastic stare. "Or not. You guys are so unemotional." Then Demi took the liberty of sticking Sonic's head into the ground, much to Terra's and Shadow's pleasure.
"Hey, Demi? Is that lipstick on your lips?" Shadow asked and the dragon's face filled with a red tint. "Demi and Rena sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S...What are you doing with that stick Demi? Come on, take a joke!" Shadow yelled as Demi chased the unfortunate ebony hedgehog around with a stick.
"So much for peace and quiet..." Terra said. Luna just laid down and watched the stars up in the heavens that seemed to glow with new life.
(Back on Earth...)
Rouge was crawling through Dr. Ivo Robotnik's air shafts until she was just above his lab where he seemed to be working laborlously on a project.
"Now, we need to ask him for help. Don't be surprised if he laughs and kicks you out." Tails said in the mini-earpiece in the bat's ears. She silently moved away the metal grate square and jumped down into the lab. The doctor was actually looking through some sort of album.
"Dr. Ivo?" She asked and turned slightly to acknowledge Rouge, his glasses glinting. His face looked tired and worn and bags were around his eyes. She hadn't seen the doctor in this condition since the incident of Shadow's death after defeating the Biolizard.
"Why do you call me Dr. Ivo? Your friends refer to me as Eggman." He grunted, turning back to the album he had in his hands.
"Never really liked that name. Too comical for me." Rouge said, putting her hands on her hips and with one swift movement, she had the Doctor's album in her hands. The page was turned on a page where there was Gerald Robotnik clasping the shoulders of his two grandkids, Maria and Ivo Robotnik. In their arms was a small black and red ball of fluff that would soon grow up to be the infamous Shadow the Hedgehog. It was amazing of how sweet and cute he looked before Maria's death.
"Give that back, Bat Girl!" He shouted and swiped the book out of her hands. "If you're wondering, you may not have Shadow's Chaos Emeralds. Now leave before I have my robots take care of it."
"I just wanted to let you know that Shadow is alive." Rouge said and the doctor turned to Rouge with new life in his face.
"Where is he?" Dr. Ivo said, keeping the excitement out of voice.
"Uh...he's a century into the future." Rouge said and realised how absolutely stupid that just sounded. The doctor's face fell and he rised from his seat.
"Do you take me for a madman? You know what, don't answer that." He said and walked over to some random concontions and tried to look intrested in them.
"You got to believe me. Black Doom is back and he's heading for Earth right now." Rouge said and suddenly the Doctor's screen flashed red with an alarm. On the screen was a newsreporter looking up to the sky where the was a red vortex of clouds. The camera shot up to the sky where figures where falling from it. The camera focused on one that landed on a car across the street from the reporter and the cameraman. The newsreporter's voice was shouting over the screams and clangs of metal that was erupting in the city.
"It seems as if they are the aliens from two years ago but something is off. They look more...devilish." The reporter said and the camera zoomed on the alien. It had large bat like wings, it's eyes were crimson with black slits for pupils, spines grew from it's back, and it stood on all fours and sniffed the ground like a dog. "It looks to have gone more primitive. It's abadoned gun use. Wait...it's looking this way!" The reporter said and the alien jumped upon her. There was a high pitch scream and it ended arubtly with a snap of the neck. The cameraman ran like a gazzele from the grisly scene and the camera took shaky shots of the alien chasing him. It jumped and landed on the cameraman with a crash. It looked at the camera and with teeth bared.
"Hail the Doom." It hissed and the screen blacked out. Rouge and Dr. Ivo stared at the screen in silence.
"I believe you." He said. "I'll wake up Mecha Sonic and Mecha Shadow. I updated them." -------------------------------
Wow, what an action packed chapter and it will only get more action! It was fluffy and gory. I'll call it gluffy. Weeee! New Words! Now time to get the bows and use Chris T. as archery practice. Mecha Out.