Hey guys, Sorry for th long pause. I had to take a leave. Not only was life getting hectic for me to even be able to type, but quarantine was also an obstacle for myself. Anyway, I'll try posting more, here's chapter 13! ~ Alex
CH 13
=With Shadow and co.=
Silver was currently traveling to Tails house, they had sent a message to him about the plan, but he hadn't responded.. This led them to believe something might've happened, but they weren't too sure, so they sent Silver to check on him.
Shadow and Scourge were traveling to the coordinates they were shown packed and ready to fight whoever was waiting for them there. Rouge was keeping tabs on everyone as she gathered her own weapons to use on whoever was going to show themselves with Astrid. As Rouge suited up, her phone started buzzing. She quickly picked it up.
"Rouge, we have a problem. Tails was kidnapped."
"Kidnapped?! Are you sure he isn't just out?"
"His whole place is a wreck, there's even bits of blood on the floors and the walls.. Oh! There's a note!"
"Read it!"
"It says.. If you found this note, Rouge, I figured you would cheap out of getting me the real deal, so I had to take some measures, you now have a deadline, get them to me in two weeks, fail to do so then look forward to seeing Astrid in a body bag." Silver sounded like he was going to be sick by the end.
Rouge grit her teeth, did Sonic's sadism know no bounds?! "Alright, change of plans then. We'll have to get the emeralds.. I'll figure out a plan to capture Astrid before I give him the emeralds." She explained.
Silver took a shaky breath. "Alright.. See you in a few.."
The two hung up and Rouge sighed heavily. Now what..? They have to actually get the emeralds and give them over to him… She got up and looked through her bag. They already had three of the seven emeralds… She dialed a few numbers in hopes she can come up with a plan in time to stop him.
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=In a deep dark cell..=
A soft moan was heard as the echoing sound of chains moving was heard. A pair of dull sky blue eyes opened slightly and looked around cautiously, and seemingly trying to remember something..
"Where am I..?"
Tails tried to get up, but there seemed to be something preventing him from doing so. He tried to put a hand at his head, but not even his arm could reach him. He looked around and saw that not only was he bound by chains, but he was in some sort of cell.. And by the looks of things, he might just be somewhere underground..
He took a deep breath as he tried to keep his wits about him. "It's okay, Tails." He said out loud to himself. "By now, Sonic should've heard that I disappeared and must be looking for me right now.."
Suddenly he heard a dark laugh and looked out from his cell in fear. "Hello?! Who's out there?!" He yelled with a shaky voice.
A dark voice suddenly boomed out. "Who I am isn't a concern for you. What matters is that with you out of the way, Rouge can get me those emeralds. Knowing her, she would've cheated me.."
Tails tried to make sense of the voice he was hearing, but it seemed as if his captor was using a voice synthesizer. "What are you going to do once you have them?!" Tails demanded.
The lone voice chuckled darkly. "That's for me to know, and for you to find out." they stated.
Tails clenched his fists. "Sonic is going to get you once he finds out I'm gone! Just you wait!" He yelled.
There was a few seconds before the lone voice began to laugh hysterically. "Keep thinking that kid. Keep thinking that.." Soon the mic cut, indicating that the lone voice had left.
Tails began to shake in fear. Why did that voice seem so sure that Sonic wouldn't come for him..? Was this just to rattle him down? Tails shook his head, he mustn't lose his head now. He only needs to keep hope the blue blur would come for him.
=With Sonic=
Sonic was walking down a hall, seemingly bursting out in fits of laughter and giggles as he enjoyed toying with his newest prisoner. As he took a deep breath he kicked down a door and stared down the person in the room..
"Are you finally going to listen to me, bitch?" Sonic asked as he cracked his knuckles.
Astrid sneered and spat as his feet. "Fuck you." She cursed.
Sonic's emerald green eyes darkened as he felt his blood boil. How dare she curse at him?! She's nothing but a whore who needs to know her place.. Sonic raised his hand and slapped her. The slap wasn't really meant for pain or anything, he only slapped her as a degrading action. Astrid didn't let up though. She had to stay strong.
The blue blur smiled crookedly. "You can act as tough as you want; but in the end, dear Astrid. you will be mine" He stated as a low growl erupted from his throat.
Astrid faltered a bit before glaring daggers at him. "Shadow and Rouge will come for me you know." She stated. "And when they get here, you're so fucking dead!" She snarled as she bared her canines at him.
Sonic stepped up to Astrid and grabbed her cheeks roughly, forcing her to look at him. "You keep up this vile act of yours, I'll make sure you go home in a body bag. Got it?" He whispered menacingly.
Astrid stood silent, slightly scared for her life, her silence only angered the once heroic hedgehog as he glared. "I SAID GOT IT, WHORE?!" He shouted, making her flinch. She nodded silently as he let go with a smirk. "That's better. I've always liked it when you whores were obedient." He stated heartlessly.
The young female chewed her lip, feeling a tight, painful grip at her throat as she suppressed the urge to cry out in front of her captor. She couldn't cry. Not now, this would only give him satisfaction. 'Rouge.. Shadow.. Where are you guys..?' She thought to herself.
Sonic stared down Astrid with a lustful look. Her body looked ripe for the taking, but he didn't take his prize right then and there. No, no, no. He wanted to break her before he claimed her. He wanted to slowly chip at her spirit slowly as he figured the reward at the end would be so worth the wait; Astrid rejecting to join those two nobodies as she became his personal slave.. the thought made him shiver with delight, but also an odd uneasy feeling also poked at him. This confused him immensely as he didn't enjoy that side of himself. He shook his head as he paid attention to the task at hand.
"What?" Astrid growled as she noticed his prolonged staring. Sonic's eyes narrowed as he licked his lips. "Just admiring what will soon be mine" He stated creepily.
She immediately looked disgusted at what he said and looked away from him. "I'm not yours, I never have been, prick." She stated with disgust.
Sonic kept his urge to smack her suppressed as he turned away. "Say what you will, but when Rouge and Shadow decide to come, you'll be eating your words." He stated scarily calm as he walked out. the minute Astrid didn't hear his footsteps anymore, she broke out into small sobs, silently begging for her brother and best friend to hurry and save her.
=With Rouge and Co.=
Rouge was currently At Amy's house with Shadow, Scourge, and Silver, the reason for their visit was to get any clue on Sonic's sudden shift in tone. Anything that even remotely sounded like a clue could help.
Amy was sat on her couch holding a warm cup of coffee in her hands as she sighed.
"So.. what happened?" Shadow asked.
Amy took a sip of her drink as she calmed her nerves. "W-well.. this was a long while ago, but Eggman had kidnapped me around a time where Sonic and I were about to be together, at least that's what I thought... and I, of course held out hope that Sonic would come for me as he always has. Well, he did.. but he seemed to be angrier than he usually was.. After he released me from my prison, he told me to just.. run." She explained shakingly. She took a deep breath before beginning again.
"I was confused as to why he would want me to just run away, y'know? I've always tried to help at the end of Eggman's plans, but he just yelled at me to go. Saying that this was to be settled between them.. Well.. As I explained from our phone call, he took days to come back to us.. Well, when we saw him come back he was completely beaten up, and he had this look in his eye.. a look that held unspeakable horrors.." She explained more as she fidgeted in her seat.
"Tails and I saw to his recovery but he seemed to be mute throughout his healing process. No matter what we said, or what we did, he just layed in bed all day, sleeping or just staring at the ceiling. We tried to get him into some sort of therapy, but the second we mentioned word of it, he would yell that he didn't need something like that." She said as she continued to look back on the painful memory. "When he was fully recovered he left, merely saying he needed time to himself. Which was odd as he never really said it to anyone so openly, but we had to respect his wishes and let him be."
Amy audibly swallowed hard. "Then, I decided that I wanted to try.. and confess to him.." She said while cringing. "I wasn't thinking clearly and did what I thought was right. So I went over and did what I wanted.. only to be met with such.. cruelty.. His words were so.. venomous and hurt me like no other.. Saying things like, I was the worst thing that had ever happened to him, how he regretted saving me all those years ago, and how I was nothing more than a stain on his shoe.." She explained tearing up.
"So I had secluded myself away for a long time as I had gotten into a deep depression from what he had told me. But then he comes over the next week with a grandiose apology about how he wasn't himself that day and that he didn't know what had happened then. It took some time, but I forgave him.. thinking that side of him had finally gone.. but then I started seeing it again as soon as Astrid came in the picture.." She looked down at her cup. "Whenever he's with her, for some reason I've noticed a constant tone shift with himself.. not only in personality, but in his eyes.. they would always become a sickeningly slime green and his pupils would literally become pin pricks. It just seemed to happen at random.. whether he was looking at her from a distance, or up close."
"All I know is.. something snapped in him that fateful day and... he seems to be heartless.. cruel.. Astrid.. I know what she is and how strong she is but.. I.. I don't think she'd be able to fight against Sonic.. with the way he is now, we don't know what he's capable of." She said as a tear finally fell out of her brilliant jade green eyes.
The group kept exchanging glances, this seems even bigger than only the four of them.. but with such high demands and such high stakes, they couldn't afford to sit around. Shadow held out a hand. "Amy. Join us." He stated suddenly, surprising those around him. He typically never asked for help.. but with his sister on the line, even he saw he needed to put his pride aside.
Amy blinked. "M-Me? What could I offer to you guys?" She asked, unsure of herself.
"You would be useful for us in many ways, Amy. Not just to us though. You can help Sonic return to himself again. Sonic was a symbol to not just his team, but to many others. For him to be whisked away to a fate worse than death would be a bit cruel, dontcha think?" Rouge stated with a small smile.
Amy wiped away a few stray tears with a nod. "Let's go get our hero back!" She said cheerfully.
The group left her house as soon as they could, in search for more leads..
