UlTrRa SiK pRoDuCtIoNs pReSeNtZ:
LoVe'S bUrN
By: UlTrAa ShAdDow
Disclaimer: I don't own any of Sega's characters….but I'd be a very happy guy if I did!
"You can close your eyes to things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to things you don't want to feel."
Third person POV:
It was another gorgeous day at the Station Square's Bay Bridge, and today, since the traffic was busy with the mayor being in town and all, the traffic was monstrous. A familiar blue hedgehog had been requested to help with traffic duty. Being the glory hound that he was, Sonic instantly was more than obliged to help.
And besides that, he was more than happy to wave at his numerous fans who cheered and screamed at him with glee. Some girls he saw were even crying! Yep, it was great to be a hero!
However, one thing that Sonic didn't expect would happen today; within an hour, this bridge, along with all the life bustling on it, would be destroyed. For looming on top of the bridge was Shadow and he clearly remembered his objectives Dr. Eggman had prescribed.
Scythe was monotonously slicing a burgundy apple in Eggman's laboratory. Ever since Rouge had gone, he found nothing worth spending his time on; all of the Doctor's experiments were dull and incompetent.
They all were the Doctor's mindless drones. As for the Doctor himself, he was rather a pain to converse with as well; all he spoke of was Shadow this, and Shadow that.
But what was it about that batgirl that fascinated him? Maybe it was her unblemished beauty and charm, maybe it was her sharp intellect, or maybe it was the challenge of trying to win something that he knew he could never have; her.
But for the moment, he was in solitude yet again. The black and silver hedgehog dropped the newly sliced apple pieces to join the rest of his collection of sliced apples.
Once he picked up another burgundy apple and began slicing it, he heard someone enter the laboratory, and unmistakably knew that it was him, Shadow. Eggman happily rushed into the room to greet his new client. However, Scythe kept to himself and maintained his position of his back facing Shadow.
"Finally, Shadow, you have returned to me, and I assume that you have taken care of Rouge?" Eggman asked.
"Let's just say she's in a much better place now," Shadow cackled.
At the sound of Shadow's voice, Scythe sliced a deep gash in his index finger. He watched the blood pour from his finger and he slowly lapped the blood away, savoring its taste as if it was honey.
Shadow threw one of Rouge's velvet sleeves to the floor in front of Eggman. The doctor smiled contently, "Good, now, your next mission, as I said earlier, is to obliterate the Bay Bridge, and be sure to really mess it up. If I'm going to make a threat, then it must really look like I'm serious, understand?"
"Understood..." Shadow turned and left just as fast as he had come. Once the hedgehog had left, Scythe stood beside Eggman, watching Shadow leave. But what Shadow didn't hear was probably the most important conversation.
"Scythe, now you can tell Metal Sonic to release our red echidna friend and afterwards, follow Shadow to Bay Bridge and do as I have taught you, my child," Eggman smiled.
"What does the echidna have to do with all of this?" Scythe asked, staring after Eggman's gaze.
"Tell Metal Sonic to release him and in time you shall see, Scythe," the doctor growled.
Shadow's dark eyes gazed down at the life below and once his sights fell upon the blue hedgehog, he felt unlimited rage and he felt his adrenaline building up. It was the azure hero who esteemed himself as his equal. How dare he; he shall pay for his insolence. Now was the time to attack. The blue hedgehog was busy waving off to his fans until a pink car pulled beside Sonic.
He put forward his best macho promenade and strolled towards the car. As the window rolled down he bent over and gave one of his famous toothy grins, only to receive a splash of water in his face.
Sonic's instantly spluttered backwards, fell over and looked up at the car with extremely big green puppy eyes. He looked at the passengers at the car to see Amy, Cream, and Tails holding a squirt gun while laughing their heads off.
While Sonic stared at them still trying to figure out what happened, he got doused with another gush of water from Tails' squirt gun. Tails, Amy, and Cream were laughing even harder while a small smile returned to Sonic's face as he got back up to his feet.
"Why you little shit!" Sonic smiled while putting Tails in a headlock and giving him a head rub with his fist.
"Help! Help! This blue weirdo is tryin' to kill me!" Tails cried, while still laughing.
"Anyways, we came by to tell you that we were gonna go to lunch at Joe's. Are you interested, you fine blue hedgehog?" Amy asked cheerfully, winking.
"You betcha! Have ten chilidogs waitin' for me when I get there, I'll be there in twenty minutes," Sonic said.
"Okay! See you later Sonic!" Tails said.
"Later lil' bud," Sonic said.
The pink car honked twice then started to drive off as Sonic waved them off smiling. He watched the pink buggy drive off until he saw a bright shaft of light collide with the traffic it was heading to.
"What in the world?" He cried.
The ray of light conflagrated into a fiery explosion that was so powerful that, even at the great distance he was at, it violently knocked him off his feet and he felt a wave of great heat radiate upon his flesh. Sweating, Sonic slowly rose to his feet and searched around for the pink buggy and, to his horror, he found it.
The force of the explosion sent the pink buggy flipping through the sky and it took a nosedive and crunched into the asphalt of the bridge, where the hood of the car ignited with fire. Sonic felt a queasy, searing feeling in his stomach as he remembered that his friends were still inside the car.
"Oh shit," Sonic whispered to himself.
Although his legs felt like jelly as he ran over to the car, he got to his destination as quickly as he could have. He felt the warmth of the fire from the explosion burning his back and making pelts of sweat roll down his back but he didn't care, his friends were in trouble.
Sonic tried to open the passenger side door but it wouldn't budge. He saw smoke filling the car. Then he looked in the car and saw that everyone was unconscious. He repeatedly tried to yank the door open but all his attempts failed.
He heard a slight moan and saw that Amy was slowly waking up. She saw the smoke in the car, looked over at Tails and Cream who was now conscious and crying, then saw Sonic. She saw words coming out of his mouth, but no sounds came out.
She saw her Sonic, her hero giving it his all to save them, to save her. Finally, with a strong war cry, Sonic busted the door down with shoulder. He pulled out the limp Tails, Cream, who was crying, and then reached out at Amy last, " You're safe with me."
Smiling, Amy took his hand and he pulled her out. He took them all away from the car that exploded only seconds later, and they all wound up on the asphalt. Sonic slowly got up off of Amy and laid Tails on the concrete.
"What the hell was that?" Sonic asked more to himself looking at the explosion. Cream merely stopped crying and Amy only stared at him.
Sonic turned to look at his friends and sighed, Amy had blood on half of her face and some all over her neck, and some also dripped from her ears, but she still looked like cute lil' Amy Rose.
Tails had cuts and glass in his face and arms, but he looked pretty good despite everything else, and Cream suffered no damage beside the nasty bruise around her left eye and a bloody nose.
Sonic was slightly relieved that the people he cared about the most were on the whole fine. Tails slowly opened his eyes but tried to rise to his feet and felt a hot pain in his torso. Sonic's keen ears heard Tails' movements, then he turned and looked at his little friend.
"Hey, welcome back, lil' bud," Sonic said with a gentle smile.
"Hey Sonic, I think I busted a rib," Tails said softly, "Correction, I know so."
"Just rest easy man, you're gonna be okay," Sonic reassured.
"I know, staying calm and remaining still are the trick to reduce pain. I've read numerous books on anatomy and skeletal structures," Tails said.
"Smart ass," Sonic said with a smile.
Tails smiled at Sonic then closed his eyes, saving his strength. Sonic turned to look at Amy and smiled, "Hey, you okay Ames?" Amy didn't say anything to Sonic but she only smiled at him. He took a knee to join her on the ground and wiped away the blood that was on her face with his glove.
"Shell-shocked, huh? Well, I'm just glad that you're all okay, you're stronger than I thought, Ames," Sonic said softly.
"Shonic! My 'ero! 'Ou're so wonderful! Tank 'ou for saving meh!" Amy yelled in an unusually loud voice.
She wrapped Sonic in a warm embrace and burst out crying in joy, Sonic smiled softly and returned her hug. While looking over her shoulder, Sonic detected something. Through the flames of the fire, he saw a familiar dark hedgehog approaching him, with eyes that mirrored the inferno.
"Shadow!" Sonic exclaimed.
He let go of Amy and approached the hedgehog, "Great timing man! We need some serious help here! And another thing, where have you been? You've had us all worried to death! You should have--"
"SILENCE!" Shadow barked. Sonic's eyes widened, startled a little from his reaction, "…What?"
" I came for your head, blue hedgehog," Shadow said in a voice that wasn't his own, "and for the souls of these other pathetic creatures."
"I don't understand what you mean," Sonic said a little confused. Shadow glowered, "Of course you do not, you are a dense moron."
"Hey, I'm starting to think that--"
"How many more souls do I have to burn in order to get to you?" Shadow hissed.
Sonic's eyes hardened as realization hit him like a pop-fly ball, " Y-you, you did this? How could you be so heartless, so spineless, you bastard?"
"I shall crush you, you deplorable fool," the demented Shadow hissed, curling his left fist into a ball.
"I hope you do, 'cause if you don't I'll split your wig!" Sonic growled, "You wont' get away with this!"
The two hedgehogs collided with each other; they interlocked their fingers in each other's hands and wrestled, trying to test their strength. They both gritted their teeth and hissed various swear words at each other.
However before long, Shadow's new strength came in handy as he was able to push Sonic flat on his back and if it wasn't for Sonic's quick evasiveness, Shadow's foot, which cracked the cement, would have plowed into the azure hedgehog's skull.
Sonic somersaulted backwards until he was back on his feet and once he looked up, he saw Shadow's fist connect with his face. His shot to Sonic's face sent the hedgehog tumbling backwards, where he landed next to Amy.
"Ou're beeding on 'or face, are 'ou okay Shonic?" Amy asked in rather loud and slurred words.
"AMY! GET OUTTA HERE!" Sonic shouted.
Amy didn't move at all.
"AMY! GET THE HELL OUTTA HERE!" Sonic shouted even louder. Amy still didn't move but cocked her head at Sonic then turned to look at Shadow. She waved happily at him.
" CHAOS SPEAR!" Shadow summoned.
With a shaking fist, golden energy formed in his hand and he released it. A bright ripple of energy was headed straight for the pink hedgehog, and once she saw it coming at her, she covered her eyes and let out a shriek. Sonic ran quickly in front of Amy and stretched his arms out around her. He let out a howl of pain as he felt the heat and power of the attack torch the skin on his back.
Once the attack faded away, Sonic fell to his knees and then collapsed to the ground, allowing Amy to see his back, where most of his fur and blue spines had been burned off and replaced by burnt, bloody skin topped with black, oozing boils.
"No!" Amy cried.
She ran over to Sonic's side, holding his limp form in her hands, oblivious to the other hedgehog slowly approaching her. Amy gasped and looked up at Shadow and cried, " 'Ou bas'tard, wut did 'ou do to my Shonic?"
"Out of my way wench," Shadow hissed, "This does not concern you."
As Shadow walked passed Amy, she grabbed his arm and he jerked his arm away from her, sending her to the ground. Shadow raised his hand up over Sonic to strike him one last final time but he heard something, or someone scrabbling to their feet.
He turned his head disgustedly to look upon Amy who was now holding her Piko-Piko hammer. He noticed her knees were shaking and she held an expression mixed with both fear and anger.
Now this was amusing...
"I dun't know wut is wong Shadow, but 'ou won't kill my Shonic!" Amy growled.
She sprang in the air and with a war cry she was plummeting towards Shadow with the hammer over her head. Shadow remained to look unimpressed and rolled his eyes. Once Amy was within kissing distance of him, he grabbed her as she clumsily dropped her hammer behind her.
"Enough of this foolishness, you simpleton! I've been very patient with you! Do not test me anymore!" Shadow's inverted voice hissed.
Amy stared at him, still scared, she kicked her feet and wiggled in his grasp but to no avail, she was trapped.
"Let me go! I—"
Amy gasped as tears welled in her eyes and her expression changed to one of great pain. Shadow instantly released her, believing himself to have harmed her. He dropped the pink hedgehog to see that she had a wound on her stomach. Shadow took a knee to get a closer look at Amy, who was gasping for air, until he saw a pair of Jordans land on Amy's wound.
She cried out in pain as Shadow reflexively batted the offender off of her. A black hedgehog stood staring at him almost happily. Something inside of the crimson-quilled hedgehog sparked.
Although he had indifferently attacked the blue hedgehog, something bothered him about having the pink hedgehog harmed. Shadow stared at the pink hedgehog who gasped for air, as tears rolled from her eyes; something about this picture made his blood boil.
But why did he care what befell the she-hedgehog? Slowly, Shadow's hands curled into trembling fists; for some unexplainably reason, he was furious, and wanted revenge for such an act against her.
"You are undoubtedly the biggest bastard I know," Shadow hissed angrily, red eyes flashing dangerously.
"Hopefully she will die painfully," Scythe said ignoring Shadow.
"You shall pay for harming her, it is me you are after, correct?"
"…So?" Scythe replied, smiling slightly.
"Then it is a fight with me you shall get!" Shadow hissed.
Shadow clenched his fists as he began to levitate. A flaming, deep red aura swallowed the hedgehog as his eyes began to glow, "You shall fall!"
Burning a trail through the sky, Shadow began to advance towards Scythe, grimacing. The silver and black hedgehog, Scythe, readied himself. He gained an offensive position and grinned wickedly; subconsciously, he licked his lips. The red aura clashed and melted into a silver aura as the two hedgehogs exchanged blow for blow.
Dull, emerald eyes watched the battle numbly as Amy Rose slowly exhaled air. They were moving much too fast for her to truly observe, and with her strength fading, the picture was beginning to become blurry.
The pink hedgehog felt a soft hand touch the side of her face, Amy slowly turned her face to the feel of the hand. A figure was towering above her, staring at her with great concern, and although the voice was muddled, Amy was able to make out the person's face, "…R-rou..ge?"
Scythe quickly backed away from the crimson-streaked hedgehog, panting slightly as his foe glared, "Damn…you fight like a demon…"
"…And unfortunately for you, I shall not stop until you are good and dead," Shadow hissed.
A distinct and different sound entered their playing field. It was the soft clicking on heels. Shadow spun around and saw Rouge looking around her surroundings. His eyes grew wide and he felt both surprised and angered; Just what in the world was she doing here? Hadn't he given her specific orders to avoid the Bay Bridge? Let alone Station Square?
"I thought I told you to stay away from here!" Shadow growled.
Rouge jumped slightly, obviously taken off-guard; how in the world did he spot her? She had managed to have hid herself well within the rubble! Scythe blinked, wait a minute, wasn't that the one captive Shadow had supposedly finished? The bat girl.
"She lives?" Scythe hissed. Rouge's eyes turned to Shadow who was staring at her angrily and that's when she realized she shouldn't have came to the Bridge at all.
To be continued!
Chapter Eleven Theme- "Let The Bodies Hit the Floor" -Drowning Pool