Okay, second chapter, took me forever to work out properly...
Pairings: SonicxAmy, KnuxRouge, TailsxCream
I do not own Sonic or his friends
Let's begin, shall we?
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Chapter 2- The voice in the dark
Sonic simply stared in disbelief at his so-called friends, part of him refusing to belive what his head told him, another part screaming in agony at what he tought to be the truth.
"So this is what you really are like..." The cobalt blue hedgehogs statement caught all of his "friends" off-guard and they looked at eachother for an answer. An answer never came...
"I show a piece of my heart, of my true self and the first thing you do is laugh in my face, think of it as a joke!" Sonics angry and somewhat distressed tone made Tails and Amy wince, while the others stared at him with a dumbfounded look.
"Sonic... we didn't..."
"Know? Or was it just that you didn't want to see the true me, huh?" Sonic cut Knuckels comment short and the glare he gave him made the crimson echidna shiver slightly.
"No, of course you didn't want to know, what use would you have of a hedgehog that actually shows emotion, that actually would have a life beyond being a hero." Sonics anger was growing fast and the fact that the others couldn't find any suitable answers just fueled his rage more.
"Calm down Faker, or else I'll..." Shadow started threatingly.
"Or else you'll what, Shadow?" Sonics answer was threatingly low and caught Shadow off-guard and he just stood there with his mouth open, unable to come up with a witty comeback.
"Well, since all of you depend so much on the "oh-so-great" hero, let's see how you manage without him, hmm?" Sonic turned around and started to walk away, when a certain pink hedgehog put her arms around his waist from the back and nuzzeled her face into his back.
"Please don't leave Sonic, please..." Amy pleaded, still holding him tightly.
Sonics head went into a rage of its own, how could he enjoy her precense, her touch, when she didn't love him for who he was? Then his confusion started to turn into anger, Why did she want to keep him there, was it just to protect her, to be her bodyguard? Suddenly something snapped inside of him and an inferno of burning hatred consumed his mind and heart. Not bodyguard, shield, a living shield.
"Get off me!" Sonic spun around and faster then anybody could react, he landed a hard blow in Amys stomach. Amy winced, and tears started to spill down her tan-colored muzzle and dripping on the ground.
Everybody stared in confusion and disbelief at Sonic, he had never hit Amy before, he might have pushed her away, but he had never hurt her like that. When they looked at him, the sight made them almost cringe in fear, even Shadow was affected by it, Sonic stared at them with the darkest glare he could possibly produce and the words he spoke were like daggers of ice.
"The hero is no more." Then he sped off into the distance, leaving behind him nothing more than a cloud of dust.
After getting Amy to a doctor, everybody started searching for Sonic, without results. His appartment had been totally wrecked, and all photos of him and the others had either been torn apart or set aflame. After two weeks it was offical news that Sonic the Hedgehog was missing and as a result, a worldwide search was started. But it would seem that the cobalt-blue hero was nowhere to be found and gradually, people stopped looking. Sonic had been right about one thing though, with him gone, fighting Eggman became increasingly more difficult and now not all battles ended in victory...
Almost everyone had to pay a price in the upcoming battles against Eggman, Tails had a chunk of his right ear torn off, Knuckles nearly had his spiked fist ripped from his body and Rouge had been mearly inches away from being beheaded. The only ones who managed to avoid serious injuries was Shadow and Amy, Shadow did so by using Chaos Control to avoid any lethal attacks and had saved the others lifes in the same manner more than a few times... Amy however, didn't show up at the battles at all...
After the last confrontation with Sonic she would only lock herself away and feel the stings of guilt surge through her body, as she spilled fresh tears down her muzzle and down on her red dress. Of course everyone were worried about Amy, not only for her mental well-being, but also because she was undenialably a great asset in battles. However Shadow lost his patience in waiting on her to pull herself together...
"Amy, open up." Shadow knocked once again on her door and slightly tapped his foot in irritation.
"... go away..." Amys once happy and energetic voice was now rendered to nothing more than a low whispering, beraly audiable even to Shadow.
"Amy, damnit! Open up, now!" Shadows last strings of patience and calm were snapping... fast.
"N-no!" This time there was a little more force in her words, but her voice was now trembling.
"That's it, I'm coming in!" with that he raised his hovershoe and kicked at the door, wich instantly broke into splinters with a loud crash. When he stepped inside his eyes had to adjust, since it was terribly dark in there, but when he could see clearly enough again, he looked at the pink hedgehog, or what was left of her...
Her dress was filthy and dried tear-stains were all over it, her once white gloves nearly turned gray, but it was her face that had changed the most. Her soft jade eyes were red and puffy from crying, she had dark bags under her eyes and her fur seemed to have bleched from the lack of sunlight.
"... I told you to go away..." Once again her voice was reduced to a whisper, a whisper so full of sadness that it almost sounded alien coming from her.
At first Shadow was at a loss of words, seeing someone who had to him been like a sister broken down completly shocked him beyond words. Amy had truly hit rock bottom...
After a few moments he regained his voice and tried to talk to the miserable girl.
"... Amy... You have to pull yourself together, Eggman is getting more dangerous by the day and we need help!"
"..."
"Knuckles can't fight since his arm was broken and Rouge spends most her time taking care of him, Tails and Cream are the only ones left besides me and I won't send two kids to battle a homocidal maniac!"
"..."
Amys silence made it hard for the red-streaked hedgehog to keep calm and now... he snapped.
"Raaagh, damnit! It's been nearly three years since that blue bastard left, get over it already! It wasn't your fault that he left and nobody's blaming you for it, so get your act together and start helping or do you want the rest of your friends to pay for it!"
That statement was more than Amy could handle and she broke down into tears, weeping silently in the dark. Shadow however was to furious to feel any pity, so he turned around and stomped out the broken door. Suddenly he stopped in the doorway, lowered his head and cursed silently.
"Damn you Sonic..."
Elsewhere, in a dirty and long abandoned cave, a creature creeps within the shadows. Its arms and legs seem to be nothing but muscles and bones, the matted fur doesn't look as if it's keeping the limbs warm anymore. The creature straighten up for a moment and its body is an unnatural sight, it looks skinny, like a skeleton covered with dirty and torn fur and quills, but at the same time it has muscles that makes it look like a thing that has been fighting for its very life.
It looks up, staring at the cave-opening, the sunlight irritating its eyes after such a long time in darkness. The now pale green eyes narrow and baring sharp canines, it gives out a sound that sound like both a growl and a hiss. The three scars that runs down the left side of its face seem to twitch slightly as it frowns. It sits down on the cold,wet and dirty cave floor and the long, sharp and dirty-blue quills shivver slightly, both in annoyance and in cold.
Yes, this godforsaken creature is, or at least was, Sonic.
Suddenly, a sound catches Sonics attention. It's coming from inside the cave, but he checked the whole place, didn't he? The sound continues and at first Sonic can't make it out, then he realizes, it's a laughter, or a chuckle to be precise.
"W-who's there?" The blue hedgehog calls out, his voice dry and raspy after not being used for quite some time
"Hmmhmmhmm, somebody..." Allthough the voice had an almost warm cling to it, it sent several rows of shivering down Sonics spine and his eyes darted all over the cave, trying to find the source of the voice.
"Show yourself!" Sonic demanded, his rage gaining an equal level with his fear.
"I'm afraid..." The voice made a pause that only irritated the hedgehog more. "... that it is impossible for me to satisfy your request."
"However, I might be able to satisfy you with something else..." The voice didn't seem threatening at all, just... amused?
"Whoever you are, you can't possibly have anything that I want." Sonic snorted and turned to leave.
"I can make them sorry for ever using you..." The voice let out another chuckle as Sonic stopped instantly and turned around, eyes wide.
"What? How did you know about that!" He half asked, half screamed.
"I know more than you'd think... Sonic." Now Sonic was truely scared, not only did this, whatever it was, know about the reason he left, it knew who he was, in his current condition, nobody would regonize him as Sonic.
"Lets make a deal, shall we? I get you your revenge and you get me something I want..." The voice had suddenly turned serious, almost business-like.
Sonic stared into the darkness where the voice came from, trying to picture where the creature could be and thought about what it said, a chance to make them sorry, to make them pay! But could he trust this... thing to keep to a deal, what if it betrayed him? But somehow he got the feeling that he could trust this thing, at least for now...
"Why would you want to help me?" He asked, almost dreading the answer.
"Because I know what it's like, to be a tool, a weapon, nothing more... what it's like to pay for someone elses sins!" The last statement came out with an audiable growl, as if it was dipped in pure hatred.
"So, what do you say, do you want to make them see how much you have suffered?"
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Cliffhanger, boy I'm evil!
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P.S. Thanks to everybody who has been patient enough to wait ;