Author's Note: With the possible announcement of a Sonic Colors Remaster(I still think it's fake, especially when it's not a new game, just ported on the current generation of platforms, but at the same time I wouldn't be surprised that it's real) coming this year, it looks like the new games won't be coming out until at least next year alongside Sonic Prime.
Anyway, here's another new awaited chapter!
I do not own Sonic The Hedgehog. All rights belong to Sega. I only own the OCs.
Chapter 17: "He's Baaaaack."
The punch Scourge landed on Robotnik was harder than any would have imagined. So hard that the evil scientist went flying somehow out of the city the two had been in, into the White Space and then into an unusual portal where he landed in a mysterious realm of moving gears. The mad doctor laid on the ground, groaning at the injuries he received, slightly crippled and angry that his young partner had done so out of anger and refusing to admit that he had problems.
"Not only I get a beating from Sonic, then his alternate self where my own counterpart is dead, but Scourge had the nerve to punch me over a tantrum! I knew I shouldn't have made pacts with that hedgehog!" Robotnik growled furiously, punching the ground hard. "I need to find a way to get rid of all three of them, but I'll need help. Question is, how am I going to do that?"
Just as he ranted on, he failed to notice rapid footsteps coming towards him until the evil doctor looked up and found, to his shock and worry, Pachacamac and his tribe soldiers who had their spears and weapons out, pointed at Robotnik with a threatening manner and angry glares. Robotnik, realizing he was in trouble without Scourge to be his bodyguard, he recoiled and yelped in fear, standing up and held his hands up in defense and surrender.
"Gah! A tribe of Echidnas!? I thought you were all extinct!" Robotnik exclaimed, shivering in terror. He then yelped when he felt something sharp poke him on the...er, backside and looked to see another tribian Echidna with it's spear and angry scowl, prompting the human to growl while rubbing his butt. "You little-! You poked me on my soft spot!"
"Silence, human!" Pachacamac snapped darkly, taking a step forward. "We will not allow a foul creature like you live."
"Oh yeah? Says who, Mr. Bigshot?" The evil scientist challenged, while he was terrified as he was suddenly on death's doorstep.
"You shall refer to me as Sire. I am Pachacamac, the leader of the Knuckles Clan, and soon to be ruler of all of the world." The evil echidna growled.
"Knuckles Clan? Who died and made you the ruler of the planet?" Robotnik questioned.
"I know you seek the Chaos Emeralds, our only source in driving away our enemies, and making us more powerful than any living creature ever. Especially that foolish little boy Sonic the Hedgehog, the one whose has the power of great agility." Pachacamac responded, ignoring the evil human's question.
Robotnik flinched slightly in shock, surprised to hear his young enemy had already encountered these echidnas. "Sonic!? Since when did you meet that irritating little hedgehog?"
Pachacamac and his men glared at him suspiciously, as the chef questioned back. "So you know Sonic? Are you his friend?"
"Are you nuts?" Robotnik pointed at him accusingly. "That brat is a thorn on my side!"
"Is that so? He claims to be the so-called hero of Mobius, yet he is but a child with no respect towards his elders, and very disobediant." The Echidna Leader stated, narrowing his eyes even further.
While Robotnik was in agreement with Pachacamac, he then thought of an idea and secretly grinned. Perhaps he could somehow convince these echidnas to be by his side, he can pretend to still be joined forces with Scourge and once either both of Sonic or the green hedgehog were defeated, the evil scientist can steal the two sets of Emeralds to control the Time Eater, then help Pachacamac in getting rid of Sonic and all of his friends, then get rid of the Echidnas to rule all of Space and Time and erase Young Sonic once and for all where he would be ruler of Mobius.
"Well, then since Sonic has been quite rude to you, instead of going ahead and killing me, why don't we join forces in getting rid of him?" Robotnik suggested, hiding the fact that he was lying as he was the master of it.
"Why should I believe you?" Pachacamac asked as his men held up their weapons even further, which made the evil human scientist flinch a little.
"W-Wait a second, hear me out." Robotnik said nervously. "Look, I have been trying to find a worthy ruler to work for as a general, so that Mobius would fall into that ruler's command by the use of the Chaos Emeralds. Yet Sonic has been stopping me in every step of the way."
"A worthy ruler for you to work for? Why do you say that?"
"My friend, it's always been my dream to work as a general for the greatest ruler of the planet, and as such, I have made an aquintice with another hedgehog named Scourge, but that fool is emotionally distracted by his own desire not just rule his own world Moebius by the use of the Chaos Emeralds' counterparts called the Sol Emeralds, but also bring back a loved one as he has lost her as well as his family at such a young age. He's the reason why I'm here because of a temper tantrum." Robotnik explained in half a lie.
"And so you plan to turn against him when the time comes? How do I know you will not do the same to me and my people?" Pachacamac questioned, still suspicious.
"I am a man of my word. Besides, the last thing I need is deal with a problem with relatives and romance." The evil scientist lied. "Besides, I know how we can get out of this place. All we need to do is control the guardian of Space and Time known as the Time Eater who will not hurt us or Scourge, but it is certainly the one responsible for dragging Sonic and his friends here. If we can control it, the world will be yours for taking and all of those brats will be trapped here in the White Space for all time itself."
Despite still being suspicious of Robotnik's goals, the Echidna leader had to admit, the idea has merit. Plus he has never heard of the Sol Emeralds before, and if they are indeed the counterparts of the Chaos Emeralds, perhaps he can use those as well to make himself just as powerful in order to become supreme ruler he had desired to be, not even the Chaos Monster will be able to stop him. As much as he hated to have help from outsiders, in this situation, Pachacamac knew he had no other choice but to trust the doctor's words.
"Lower your weapons, men." Pachacamac commanded, and despite the shocked looks his soldiers gave him, the reluctantly did as they were told, while Robotnik sighed in relief, relieved. The old echidna then approached him and questioned. "Tell me your name, human."
Robotnik grinned, and replied. "I am Dr. Ivo Robotnik, you future general and the world's most brilliant scientist of the modern era."
"Very well. We have come to an agreement...General Robotnik." Pachacamac declared, holding out his hand which Robotnik shook...
While the evil scientist secretly and evilly grinned. Sonic, Young Sonic, and Scourge won't even know what will hit them.
As Sonic and Young Sonic raced towards their next destination, the two blue hedgehogs found they were getting closer and once calculated correctly, they only had two Chaos Emeralds and one Sol Emerald left to find. While they had no idea what would happen or how to defeat the Time Eater or Cormain, the two heroes of the two Mobius knew they had at least a decent chance in defeating Scourge and were certain they could defeat Robotnik. By the time they arrived, the two skid to a stop as they spotted the outline of a familiar city that looked like a mixture of france and spain mixed in.
"What's this place?" Young Sonic asked, blinking.
"It's Spagonia." Sonic answered, narrowing his eyes a little with a deep frown. "It's one of the places I've been to when Sun, Chip and I were fixing up the planet. This is where Tails met Professor Pickle."
"The guy you told us about? The one who knew about the Gaia Temples?" The eleven year old hedgehog asked, shrugging.
The sixteen year old nodded. "Yep, and was a huge fan of cucumber sandwiches. I don't think that guy ate much of anything else."
That made the alternate-younger Sonic sweat drop as he commented. "Okay, I know that we eat Chili Dogs like nobody's business, but at least we have other kinds of food."
"Darn right we do." The older Sonic chuckled, before sighing as he turned his attention to the entrance once more and softly gasped as he saw another familiar face, frozen in statue form.
The human boy he saw through the Mirror of Connections, and hurried towards him. It was then he knew that everything he went through in the Prison of Evil was indeed real. Young Sonic, confused and concerned when he saw this, quickly followed his friend and stood behind him while seeing the cobalt blue hedgehog look horrified and concerned.
"Chris...!" Sonic softly exclaimed, gently caressing his friend's face on the cheek. "Why did you have to be kidnapped and brought here too?"
"Who's this?" Young Sonic asked carefully.
"My friend, Chris. Chris Thorndyke. We met when I first came to Station Square, and when I accidentally landed in his backyard's swimming pool while running, he saved me when I was about to drown. We've been on many adventures alongside Tails, Cream and Cheese and Amy, and Knuckles. But after Chaos trashed the city, Chris and his family moved away to Westopolis. Me and Tails met up with him and our other friend Helen in Isalenna for the day." The teenage hero explained, gently placing a hand onto the frozen Chris' shoulder.
"But why is he here?" The younger hero shrugged, worried while amazed.
"I don't know. Maybe he was on a school field trip to Spagonia. Only one way to find out before I go into this place and find the Chaos Emerald." Sonic replied, pulling out the blue Sol Emerald.
"Say what? Whaddya mean you go into this place to find the Chaos Emerald?" Young Sonic blinked, shocked. "I thought I was going with you!"
Now feeling guilty for having left this part out given what he saw earlier, and what Soloman told him actually made sense, which the blue hedgehog had been dreading it and knew that the time has come for him to face his greatest fears once more, Sonic sighed and turned to his younger, alternate-self.
"You know how we've been facing enemies from our pasts, right? And you remember what we talked about, about the Werehog?" Sonic responded. "One night in Spagonia, Sun grew into a giant Werehog before the monster was released by Eggman."
The young blue hedgehog's eyes widened in shock, which almost instantly turned to horror as he gasped, gazing at the entrance once more, stuttering slightly in increasing fear he tried and failed to hide. "Y-you mean, we have to face that Werehog in there?"
"I have to. You're gonna stay here and watch over Chris 'til I get back." The sixteen year old corrected firmly.
Despite the fear he was feeling as he never fought a giant Werehog before, the eleven year old shook his head in protest. "No! I can't let you go in there alone! Not this time!"
"It's too dangerous! You don't know what that thing's capable of doing." Sonic argued.
"I don't care!" Young Sonic snapped. "Sure I'm scared of that thing since I've never seen it before, but I'll never forgive myself if you die in there! I don't wanna be useless! I promised myself I'd be by your side until we can all go home!"
"Well, I don't want anything bad happen to you either! I almost lost you when Scourge and Robotnik almost roboticitized us!" The cobalt speedster snapped back. "I almost lost everybody I care about and love so much, and I just got Uncle Chuck back, and your parents are waiting for you!"
"It's the same with me! You just went through the horrible nightmare of being in that Prison of Evil place! Please let me go with you to face the Werehog, Sonic!" The young blue hedgehog yelled, becoming more and more desperate. "We're the two heroes of Mobius, and we face every danger that's gonna get us killed almost everyday! I don't care if I don't have the experience of facing a giant hairy monster! None of us had any experience in facing tough enemies that were new to us before, so I don't see why it should be any different now!"
Whatever else Sonic intended on saying to get his younger self to stay put died on the tip of his tongue. What he had said was true, and while the teenage hedgehog had promised himself to be more careful ever since his adventure in restoring Mobius, he knew that Young Sonic still had yet to do so himself, but at the same time, they were very much the same in personality, being the same person. It was ironic how Sonic thought he wouldn't be able to handle someone just like him, but he and his younger, alternate-self had went off without a problem, this arguement aside. Plus, no matter what, the Time Eater and Cormain were opponents they would have to face together, and Sonic wasn't doing Young Sonic any favors by leaving him behind.
It was just a difficult decision to make, but this adventure was dangerous regardless, and whether Sonic liked it or not, he wasn't going to talk Young Sonic out of this. Not this time. The Werehog is pure evil, but he had to admit, at least the giant monster was made for dry land and not water like Chaos. Still, he felt that the alternate Sonic before him just wasn't ready, before Sonic realized he was starting to sound and feel like an over-protective parent.
"Look, I know don't have enough experiences yet, and I'm really scared of the Werehog, but what scares me the most is losing everybody I care about, especially when I only finally just got real friends, one of them being a little brother I never had...I know you went through a lot more than me, having years of experience, and that this is your fight, but please, Sonic...! At least let me out a little bit in distracting that thing, please!" Young Sonic continued, tears threatening to form and struggled to will them back.
"Oh, Sonic...!" Sonic muttered, his own tears forming, before he and his younger, alternate-self shared an emotional hug, the two blue hedgehogs struggling not to cry. Fighting with another version with himself not only made him realize this was what he was like, what his own father was like before maturing to grow up, to marry his mother Bernadette, and raise a family, to raise the teenage hedgehog himself until he went on his very first adventure almost five years ago, but it broke his heart, knowing that they were both stubborn and determined to protect the ones they loved.
Awkward or not, Sonic and Young Sonic came from two different dimensions, thus were two separate people. Neither one wanted to lose each other, and while one wanted to ensure the safety of his companion and partner, the other wanted to stay by his side no matter how dangerous this was.
Not only that, Sonic remembered that all of his friends wanted to stick by his side in some occasions through out his adventures when he needed them, no matter how much he didn't want to lose them, because they didn't want to lose him either.
"I don't care if this is awkward...I...I love you, big bro." Young Sonic whispered, silently shedding tears.
"I love you too, li'l bro." Sonic whispered as he shed his own tears unconsciously. "I'm sorry that I yelled at ya'."
"I'm sorry too." The younger hedgehog replied. The two stayed like this for a little while longer before they let go and shared a tearful glance, each wiping their faces dry.
Sonic sighed, then scratched the top of his head, admitting defeat for the first time in his life. "You win. It's gonna be very dangerous, and that thing feeds on negative emotions before he eats their victims. At least...that's how Kaiser ended up being. If you have strong negativity, that thing can't even feel any psychical pain."
Relieved to be going with despite the fear of facing it, Young Sonic took his older, alternate-self's advice and words, and nodded, already fighting down his own fears and whatever negative feelings he had within himself. It wasn't going to be easy, but he had to at least try, for not just his sake, but also for Sonic's as well. With that sorted out and wiping away the last of their tears, Sonic turned his attention to the frozen statue form of Chris and held out the Sol Emerald, it's power restoring the thirteen year old boy back to his original self.
The young teenager groaned and wobbled a bit, placing a hand to his head as he tried to get his bearings, before looking around and found that he was in an unfamiliar white place. "Huh? Hey, where am I?"
As Chris looked around, he spotted a familiar cobalt blue hedgehog who smiled in relief and happiness, and in turn the human boy's expression matched his along with surprise, as the older teenager greeted. "Hi, Chris!"
"Sonic!" Chris exclaimed happily, and the two reunited close friends hugged each other as he bend down to Sonic's level of height, laughing with tears forming. He then picked up his heroic best friend and held him like a teddy bear, but was careful not to hold him tightly to the point of accidentally squeezing him like the last time they saw each other.
After a little while, Chris put Sonic down as the later asked. "You alright?"
"Yeah. Thanks, Sonic. I have no idea what just happened, but I thought I was gonna be stuck in that weird black place that was like the worst nightmare I've ever had." The human boy replied, to which the blue hedgehog gave him a reassuring and welcoming thumbs up and a wink.
"No problem, buddy. I'm really glad you're okay." Sonic said.
Chris smiled, before he noticed Young Sonic behind him and flinched in shock and confusion. "Huh!? S-Sonic? T-there's...that's...who...?"
"Oh, this is me from an alternate universe. He's been helping out with what's going on in this place." Sonic explained after realizing what his friend was confused and shocked about.
"Hi there, Chris." Young Sonic greeted.
"Uh...Hi." Chris greeted back, before asking the Sonic he knew. "Sonic, what's going on? One minute I came back to Station Square for...er, something very important that's secret, and the next everything's turned white and then I found myself in that black place."
"Well, as much as I'm curious about this secret thing you're gonna do considering it's a visit to town and it's my birthday today, to answer your question, Eggman's other self Robotnik from Mini-Me's universe, an evil version of us named Scourge from another alternate universe, that giant monster called the Time Eater and another monster called Cormain are behind all of this. Tails and the others will explain it more to you, but me and Sonic are gonna head into Spagonia to find the Chaos Emerald and restore it to normal." Sonic explained with a one-shoulder shrug, as he had a hunch that, given it was his birthday back at home, he had a feeling that this 'secret' Chris was talking about was making a surprise appearance for the picnic party.
That made the thirteen year old boy flinch in fright, upon hearing that there was another Eggman, then realized that since there was two of Sonic, it made sense. But then he also registered on what else the older teenager said and asked in disbelief. "An evil version of you named Scourge!? No way!"
Sonic nodded. "Yep. Believe me, I was horrified by that too, especially since I met the guy. Same abilities, but a total opposite of personality...though to be fair, he had a pretty tough life, and he isn't pure evil. He just...went down the wrong path, and I'm gonna do whatever it takes to stop him, Ro-butt-nik and the two monsters. Like I said, the others will explain it to you, and don't worry, there's a good version of Eggman with us, just give you a heads up."
"...That, sort of makes sense." Chris shrugged awkwardly. "But, won't we end up mistaking Scourge for you, Sonic?"
"Don't worry. That guy used to be blue, but now he's green, and his clothes are more of a bad boy fashion." The sixteen year old reassured. "Anyway, we gotta go, so wait here for us, 'kay?"
Chris was about to protest when the firm frown and shake of the head from his friend made him stop, and as much as he was disappointed in not helping out, the boy sighed and nodded. Once the blue hedgehog promised he and Young Sonic would be careful, the two heroes shared a nod before racing off into the entrance of Spagonia, leaving the worried human teenager behind.
Still feeling miserable yet trying to forget about his crying episode, Scourge somewhat wandered aimlessly through the streets of Spagonia, hands in his jacket's pockets, gaze low as he couldn't stop thinking about everything that's happened so far. He pulled out something from his quills and stared at the photo of himself with Fiona that was taken a year ago, two actually beaming smiles with huge grins that suited them, arm in arm romantically.
"Oh, Fi'...I miss you so much. If it weren't for Kinto-butt, kitty princess, Silvy, and Sonic, I would've brought you back by now." He muttered to himself, still heart-broken from the loss of his lover.
Despite his mood, the evil green hedgehog grunted and shook his head.
"This is stupid. Me, crying like a big baby just because Robotnik pushed your buttons? Scourge, get a hold of yourself, man." Scourge hissed, chastising himself, as he placed the photo back into his quills, clutched his fists and growled. "What does he know? All I gotta do is find him, the two of us get back to work, get rid of Sonic and baby-Sonic, and then claim the Sol and Chaos Emeralds, then we both change history in both Moebius and Mobius and we get what we want; I get rid of Kinto-butt, Robotnik gets rid of that blue kid hedgehog, and we get rid of Sonic himself and then nothing can stop us. End of story."
Despite this, he paused, Robotnik's words still ringing in his mind.
"This only just proves that you know very little of the Sol Emeralds, Scourge. I can see why you need the aid of Dr. Ovi Kintobor as well as Silver and Princess Blaze. They are the only ones to help you further control them. And you said you hate doctors and scientists, yet you need me and my good-goody self to help you." The alternate-Eggman pointed out.
The more the words echoed, the more Scourge could only think about Sonic's successes in being the hero, and every single failure the green hedgehog himself had endured, and now was even worse. He placed his hands on his head and tried to force the memories of the negative criticism that filled his mind.
"Curse you, Sonic...! Curse you Kintobor, Silver and Blaze! Why can't you all just die already!? Or at least get eaten by some giant monster, just like Maurice stupidly did with that stupid dragon?" Scourge grunted, eyes squeezed shut.
As he had been walking and thinking, he was unaware that he had walked down a street where the giant Werehog-Beast, manifested from Sonic's past due to Scourge's actions, had arrived here earlier and had waited for a tasty meal, and saw the green hedgehog while keeping silent within the shadows between two buildings, having crouched and waited for a delicious prey to feast on.
The evil Moebian was the one, the beast decided. The one who had such greed, anger, sorrow, fear and hate, resembling to Sonic only green in fur wearing different clothing. The giant monster hummed deeply and darkly in pure delight, unable to wait to eat the Terror of Moebius.
"Huh?" Scourge snapped out of his angry trance, and looked over his shoulder, having thought he heard something but he didn't see anyone. Narrowing his eyes as he turned around, he demanded. "Alright, who's there? If it's you Robotnik, then you can come out and face me. I'm over being angry, unless you're too chicken to approach me, too scared if I'm gonna punch you again."
Nothing. Not a single sound was heard as, unknowingly to him, the Werehog-Beast remained silent until it would use it's chance to ambush the green hedgehog.
"Must've been hearing things. Not my problem." Scourge scoffed, turning around again and decided to leave.
Except he sensed it before he felt it, and heard it and froze in his tracks with his quills prickling on the back of his neck. Then the ground shook twice, making the green hedgehog nearly lose his balance, then felt hot breath breathe down onto him and to make things worse, something huge and wet dropped onto the ground in front of him. Scourge's eyes widened in shock as he realized the unusual clear liquid wasn't water...it was too thick, slimy and disgusting looking.
His stomach dropping as he felt a flash of deja vu, the evil Moebian slowly looked up to see the Werehog-Beast who was towering over him, and behind him as he realized. The huge monster let out a soft, and hungry growl, breathing shallowly with it's mouth open, it's giant tongue visible and it's fangs and sharp teeth just itching for hedgehog blood.
"Whoa!" The green hedgehog yelped, spinning around in alarm with a sweat drop. "Who or what the heck are you, hairball? Some giant, badly mutated hedge-dog or somethin'?"
"YOU LOOK JUST LIKE SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, ONLY YOU ARE GREEN...AND WITH THE TRUE PERSONALITY OF BEING A MONSTER SUCH AS I AM." The Werehog-Beast hissed darkly with a wicked grin.
Hearing this only made Scourge groan as he rolled his eyes. "Great, another Sonic fanatic. I don't suppose you're one of his friends or enemies, right big guy?"
The Werehog just chuckled. "HE IS BUT FOOD TO MY LIKING. JUST AS ALL OF THIS SMALL PLANET. THAT INCLUDES YOU, LITTLE HEDGEHOG, AND MY OTHER SELF, SUN THE HEDGEHOG."
"You're gonna have to try harder than that to scare me. And who the heck is Sun the Hedgehog? That name sounds girly if you ask me." The green hedgehog muttered, folding his arms despite that he was feeling unusually terrified, more so than when his younger brother was eaten by that dragon in Bamboo Jungle.
"YOU KNOW LITTLE OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING, YET YOU HAVE ACCEPTED YOUR PATH OF BEING EVIL. SUCH GREED, SUCH HATE, SUCH ANGER, FEAR AND SORROW. YOU HAVE CAUSED THIS UNUSUAL EVENTS...ALL IN YOUR LOSS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT YOU ALONE IN YOUR WORLD." The Werehog grinned, leaning closer to Scourge who, gasping softly at this, took a couple steps back while avoiding the puddle of saliva.
"How did you k-know that? You don't know a thing about me!" Scourge demanded, cringing at how shaky he sounded and felt.
"I KNOW, BECAUSE I CAN FEEL NEGATIVITY AND READ THROUGH SUCH THOUGHTS OF FAILURE AND DARKNESS. AS SUCH, WHILE YOU ARE SOMEHOW A SONIC, YET DIFFERENT, YOU ARE NOT HIM, OR SUN, OR EVEN DR. EGGMAN. STILL, YOU LOOK VERY DELICIOUS, MORE SO THAN MY PLANNED MEALS." The giant monster growled.
"Hey, if you wanna eat Sonic, then go right ahead! He's my enemy and I hate him! But leave me out of your dinner menu!" The green hedgehog grunted, and quickly used his Homing Attack to attack this thing. But when he hit it's chest, he didn't even hurt the giant beast and simply bounced back. Shocked, he tried again and dodged the monster's hands that were swiping to catch him, but he was too fast for it.
As he tried another Homing Attack, the Werehog simply smacked him away while he screamed and hit the ground hard. Rolling and tumbling, Scourge came to a stop and hissed in pain, pushing himself up as he looked up at the giant monster who began to approach him as the Terror of Moebius was unable to believe that he didn't even make a scratch on this thing. Even though he wasn't one to give up, the fact that this thing was almost made out of metal or something indestructive, the green hedgehog now felt really terrified, all of his cocky bravery falling apart, it's words echoing in his mind along with all the negative feelings he felt, as though they had minds of their own and were engulfing him, no matter how hard he tried to fight them off.
"W-what are you m-made of?" Scourge stuttered, trying to crawl away backwards. He never felt so terrified before in his life, and for some reason, he felt the intensed and unexplainable fear since seeing this thing, yet he fought it down until now.
The Werehog-Beast laughed while bellowing. "HA HA HA HA HA! AH HA HA HA HA! PITIFUL LITTLE FOOL. DARKNESS OF NIGHT THAT BLANKETS THE WORLD GIVES ME STRENGTH AND POWER! NEGATIVE EMOTIONS AND ENERGY INCREASES THEM! YOU ARE FULL OF BOTH, HEDGEHOG! YOU ARE TO BECOME MY MEAL, MY TASTY LITTLE TREAT."
"No...No, please, no!" The green hedgehog pleaded, feeling so helpless, and even worse, he began to remember how helpless he was when Snively tried to roboticitize him. Even worse, not even his usual attacks were working on this thing, because it was feeding off his negative feelings and energy and the fact that he was evil himself...but the Werehog...it was pure evil. An absolute monster.
"MMMMMMMM..." The Werehog-Beast moaned in pure bliss, licking it's lips hungrily. "YOU ARE MUCH MORE DELICIOUS THAN SONIC AND SUN COMBINED, I CAN ALREADY TASTE YOUR SKIN, FLESH AND BLOOD."
Scourge gasped, his muzzle turning green to match his fur colour, as it then reached out to grab him. But the green hedgehog quickly got up and rolled out of the way, and yelped when the Werehog, frowning as it missed, decided to try and engulf him with it's mouth wide open and dove for the kill. The Terror of Moebius rolled again, and slipped slightly to get up before running away in high-speed.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Scourge screamed, looking over his shoulder and screamed louder when the Werehog began to run after him and despite it being big and slow, it was surprisingly catching up to him with it's arms streched out to increase it's chances in capturing the green hedgehog who was no overcome by fear as he ran for his life.
Except this time, no one was coming to rescue him.
Around the same time or a bit earlier...
When Sonic and Young Sonic emerged, they found themselves in Spagonia's past, the buildings bunched up, a mixture of France, Italy and Spain, it's clock tower in the distance and the Spagonia University somewhere close by. To the former's worry, it was already nighttime and the moon was out. While the street lamps were on, it didn't help to ease the blue hedgehog's concerns and chills that he felt. Since it was dark, it only increased the chances of the giant Werehog being around and he half-hoped that Soloman was wrong about that, but deep down the hero of Mobius knew he had to face and overcome his fears once more.
Along the way they took out a bunch of robots that stood in their way, and even Dark Gaia pawns which Sonic was familiar with and after warning his younger, alternate-self to be careful, the monsters were defeated and the two eventually found themselves down a street that brought back more uncomfortable memories.
"Wow...Spagonia looks pretty, but the nighttime around here is kinda creepy." Young Sonic remarked nervously, feeling chills run down his spine. "And those monsters...Do they really come from that Dark Gaia thing?"
"Yep. To make things worse, those monsters were once the clones of those who got effected by the Dark Gaia's release, and unlike Sun, they all died and ended up being absorbed by it alone with their darker, evil personas. While Sun was made a real Mobian, the Werehog monster's inside it and won't come back for another millions of years..." Sonic confirmed.
He then shrugged and continued. "At least, back at home. 'Cause I'm certain that it'll be like with Perfect Chaos and the only way to defeat it is not let any negative emotions or energy overcome you. You need to focus on positive feelings and thoughts, and face your fears head on. The Werehog's like a living Chaos Emerald."
"Whoa...! But, weren't Sun and that thing born from the Emeralds, that giant monster and your emotions, Sonic?" The younger blue hedgehog asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, but it was my brotherly love for Sun and Chip's light that saved him and transformed him into a real hedgehog, and Sun's already been born with his own mind, heart and soul. Mixed up with the Chaos Emeralds, and he's always been real on the inside. Not like Fuzzy who's just another one of that ginormous monster's minions." The older blue hedgehog explained.
The eleven year old hero blinked, before saying in a mixture of disgust, fear, amazement and awkwardness. "Man. This is like out of those B-Rated horror movies."
"It felt like being in those B-Rated horror movies too." Sonic chuckled. "I can't even count how many times that mutant hairball tried to eat me, or freak me out whenever it threatened me through Sun."
The sixteen year old then rubbed his right arm with a sigh. "Not to make this sound anymore horrible, but there'd been a couple of times when he tried to bite my arm off."
Young Sonic gazed at his older, alternate-self in concern, before realizing something and commented. "I've noticed how you've been rubbing it everything you felt awful. Is that why?"
"Actually, now that you mention it, that sounds about right." Sonic realized, gazing at his right arm and sighed again. "Guess it's a force of habit or somethin'. To be honest, I'm still a little scared of the Werehog, but I managed to forgive myself for what happened and I did promise myself to never make any sort of mistakes like that or similar again. When Scourge mentioned Robotnik, I thought he was talking about Eggman and came to a conclusion that I accidentally saved his life when I used Chaos Control to free myself from Yacker's mother after she nearly swallowed me."
"I'm sorry. I should've stopped Robotnik when I had the chance." The younger hedgehog sighed, only for the older hero to softly smile and placed a hand onto his shoulder.
"It's not your fault. Scourge's the one who messed up with this whole thing, and we're gonna make everything right again. Plus, I knew facing the giant monster would come up again ever since this started, and there's no way I'm gonna let me scare me again, and you shouldn't let it get to you either. I just hope that the same thing happened to me won't ever happen to you, but if it does, just remember this adventure and everything you've learned. 'Kay?" The cobalt teenager reassured.
Young Sonic gazed at Sonic in surprise, then realized that the latter was right and even though he was admittedly scared of facing the Werehog, he decided to take up his friend's advice and nodded with determination, to which Sonic nodded back. However, their moment of conversation came to a halt as they picked up a sound of footsteps and, to the teenager's shock and horror, a gun cocking which prompted the two Sonics to glance to behind them and immediately leaped back to avoid in getting shot by the gunfire. The moment the two blue hedgehogs landed, despite the disbelief in what, or rather, who attempted to kill them, he knew almost immediately who it was.
"No way! It can't be!" Sonic exclaimed angrily, glaring at the menacing figure who stood in the shadows before it emerged, revealing to be another enemy he never thought he'd see again. Or at least, the past-version of the guy since the real one had already been devoured by the Executioner.
A grey-silver Mobian Cheetah who chuckled darkly with his rifle in hand. "Sonic the Hedgehog, what a pleasant surprise."
"Kaiser...so you're here too. Never thought I'd see you again." Sonic grunted, narrowing his eyes in anger and hate despite being reminded of how the real guy in front of him was coldly eaten by the giant Werehog-Beast.
"Wait, you mean this guy is the crazy Myth Hunter you talked about?" Young Sonic asked, shocked and in disbelief before quickly getting into defense.
While Kaiser stared at the two Sonics in confusion, he then smirked coldly as he said to the older blue hedgehog. "Well, I'm not certain what you are talking about, but I seem to have memories of our first meeting, as well as my prizes that you have apparently abandoned; the Werewolf you call Sun the Hedgehog, and the little pixie."
"Sun and Chip aren't here, and you won't be getting either of them, because I didn't abandon them and I never abandon any of my friends! Plus, Sun's dark form is not a Werewolf, but a Werehog, like I've been trying to tell you!" The sixteen year old argued.
"Say what you want, boy, but the truth is right in front of my eyes." The Myth Hunter growled with an evil grin. "The Werewolf has grown, and I have seen it, but I've lost track of it earlier and been looking for my prize. Instead, I find you and another blue hedgehog child who looks rather weak and helpless. Is he your real little brother that your mother and father and you abandoned?"
"Take that back!" Sonic snapped angrily while Young Sonic clutched his fist, angry over the insult, while both felt a shiver as they knew that the giant Werehog really was here, and the evil Cheetah was looking for it.
"I've heard of you, Myth-Hunting creep!" The younger blue hedgehog stated. "You killed so many innocent people and hunt and kill for money! You're even worse than Ro-butt-nik!"
"Ha ha ha ha ha! Who cares about those weak and pathetic fools? They stood in the way, and if you both wish to join them in your foolish attempts to stop me, then go ahead and try! It's only two little hedgehogs against the most powerful Mobian in the world, the greatest hunter of all time!" Kaiser declared, taking hold of his rifle to aim at Sonic and Young Sonic who stood ready to dodge.
"Think again, Myth-Hunting loser!" A familiar voice shouted from above and behind the two heroes who, along with the evil Cheetah, blinked in confusion and looked to see who it was.
To their surprise, an orange blur swung above Sonic and Young Sonic and kicked the rifle out of the shocked Kaiser's hands, causing the evil hunter to roar in pain before performing a Spin Dash into his chest, sending the Cheetah flying backwards and hitting the ground hard. The blur then formed into a familiar orange hedgehog who picked up the rifle, emptied it of all of it's castings and tossed it the side where it hit the wall and into the trash can.
As Kaiser recovered, he looked up to see an angry Sun the Hedgehog, but not as he remembered. "What?"
"No idea what's going on, but you're the last guy I've wanted to see again!" Sun declared, glaring hard at the hunter who tried to kill him as a Werehog.
"Hey, Sun!" Sonic cried out happily, relieved to see his brother safe and sound, and having unexpectedly arrived to join the battle, and the best part was, the effects of time-space traveling didn't cause the former Werehog to revert back to his dark-blue colour or even be put under the curse again. "It's great to see ya, man!"
"Sonic! Never one to cease to amaze anybody, huh?" Sun greeted back, glancing over his shoulder with a smirk, then teasingly said. "Then again, I always end up saving your life, don't I?"
The blue hedgehog chuckled, while the younger blue hedgehog blinked in surprise and in awe, unable to believe that he finally got the chance to meet the former Werehog who was as real as the sixteen year old had mentioned. Plus he got to see how cool the orange hedgehog was; both in appearance as well as skills, especially with the gripping hooks. At the same time, Sun noticed Young Sonic and blinked, dumbfounded. He gazed at Sonic who shrugged with a look that said 'I'll explain later', before sighing and the three of them heard Kaiser growl, causing the hedgehogs to glare at their enemy back.
"How is this possible? Sun the Hedgehog! You were supposed to be my Werewolf!" The evil Cheetah hissed furiously.
"Let me make this clear to you, moron. One, I've been cured for five months, and two, I was a Werehog! WERE-HOG!" Sun explained in irritation. "And plus, aren't you supposed to be dead? I thought you were-"
"Sun, hold on." Sonic interrupted, gently pulling his brother back, explaining. "We're in a place taken from our past. This isn't the real Kasier. Well, it is, but he's from the past before the giant Werehog had him for lunch."
"Huh?" The tangerine hedgehog blinked, bewildered. Then, realizing that it actually made more sense, he just nodded and muttered back. "You'll have to explain that to me after we've taken care of this idiot...again."
The sixteen year old nodded, adding while commenting about Young Sonic. "And don't worry, this little guy is a friend. He's me from alternate universe and is pretty tough too."
"I'll take your word for it." Sun replied, gazing at the younger hedgehog who nodded with a smirk, before they and Sonic glared back at Kaiser who stood up, furious and taking out his whip to kill them all.
"You can't fool me with that hair-dye, Werewolf! I know you were grown into a giant moments ago! Your skin will be MINE!" Kaiser roared, whipping at the trio who, at Sonic's warning to look out, leaped out of the way and avoided in getting sliced in half, but the ground had a thin but deep cavern-like hole as the dust cleared to reveal it.
"Whoa! This guy's crazily strong and fast!" Young Sonic yelped with a sweat drop, staring at the damage.
"Yeah, but with the three of us, we're stronger and faster!" Sonic reassured.
Furious over what he believed was an insult, the evil Myth Hunter roared and attempted to slash at them again, but Sonic and his friends dodged once more, and ran around along the walls, or in Sun's case, used his gripping hooks to swing himself via the poles to fight against Kaiser.
"Hey, Kaiser! Nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah!" The young blue hedgehog taunted, sticking his tongue out and wiggling his fingers in front of his ears, making the Cheetah growl furiously over the insult.
The cobalt blue hedgehog then used Spin Dash to hit Kaiser in the chest while Young Sonic was distracting the Cheetah using his speed and taunting him, catching Kaiser off-guard as he roared in pain, while Sun swung by and punched him squarely in the back and grabbed hold of him around the shoulders. Sonic in the meantime then axe-kicked the hunter in the arm that held the whip and grabbed hold of it while Kaiser attempted to pull the orange hedgehog off of him. The Cheetah growled while trying to use his claws by pulling off his gloves.
"Unhand me, Werewolf!" Kaiser commanded.
"I told you, I'm not a Werewolf! I'm a HEDGEHOG!" Sun shouted, head-butting the evil hunter on the back of the head, making the Cheetah groan and slump forward while he jumped off, and then combined with Sonic and Young Sonic, all three of them Spin Dashed into their opponent who was sent flying forward and crashing into a cart full of fruit near a stand and spilling said fruit all over the place.
Getting up which made it look like the pile of fruit exploded, Kaiser roared and raced towards them with an alarming speed and the three hedgehogs, gasping in shock at this and saw that he pulled out his knife with a crazy, murderous and insane look, still attempting to kill them. The three briefly split up again before Young Sonic tried a Homing Attack while Sonic and Sun both charged, but evil Cheetah jumped and made to slash at them. The three hedgehogs dodged again, only to be kicked rapidly one by one and punched in the chest, face and back, sending the trio flying and screaming before crashing onto the ground hard.
As Sonic, Young Sonic and Sun grunted and groaned in pain, Kaiser laughed evilly, before charging again, this time approaching the youngest hedgehog who glared up at him and was then grabbed by the quills and held in a choke-hold around the neck by the taller Mobian's arm and his knife held to his face, making the eleven year old gasp and struggled to free himself, noticed by the two older hedgehogs who gasped in horror, their eyes widening and the sixteen year old's emerald green pupils shrinking in dismay.
"Hey, let me go!" Young Sonic shouted, wriggling and squirming to free himself.
"Give him back!" Sonic demanded, standing up, hissing as he tried to ignore his pain, with Sun standing behind him while holding one hand to his left arm.
"Give me the Werewolf, boy, or else this child's life will be cut short." The evil Cheetah commanded, bringing the knife closer to the eleven year old's face. Sonic and Sun both sweated, helpless and not sure what to do in order to save Young Sonic without giving up the orange hedgehog who was no longer a Werehog. "The clock is ticking...!"
The three hedgehogs all tried to figure out what to do, before Young Sonic, looking around for anything to distract the guy to help Sonic and Sun to save him, noticed a spider web close by with a tiny spider and then had an idea, having heard of ridiculous stories about myths.
"AAAH! Look out! A shape-shifting giant spider!" The young hedgehog faked a very convincing scream, pointing to his and Kaiser's right, and while both Sonic and Sun could hear the lie, they pretended to look, which prompted the evil Cheetah to foolishly do the same as, being a Myth Hunter and having heard of such a legend, looked excited with a murderous glee.
"The ōgumo?" Kaiser asked, his eyes wide as he tried to locate it.
Smirking confidently, Young Sonic reared his head back a little without getting stabbed in the face by the knife and bit into the arm that held him really hard. The Myth Hunter roared in agony, losing his grip on the blue hedgehog who dropped to his feet before punching him in the stomach, and dashed away which gave Sonic and Sun a chance to use a Double Spin Dash, hitting Kaiser hard, before they gave him a series of karate kicks and punches and then Sonic kicked him in the chest while Sun punched him in the face, which sent Kaiser flying backwards once more and losing his grip on his knife. The evil Cheetah howled in pain before hitting the ground hard, hitting his head against the cobble road which knocked him out with a groan and lost consciousness.
By then, Sonic and Sun landed safely and rejoined the hero of Alternate-Mobius who didn't seem to be too hurt, much to the birthday hedgehog's sheer relief.
"Ha! Fooled ya!" The eleven year old hero chuckled at the defeated Myth Hunter. Then to his and the older hedgehogs' confusion, the evil Cheetah's body began to fade away before disappearing like dust and the area around them distorted once more, making the three of them gasp in shock.
"Not again!" The two Sonics exclaimed in worry and annoyance.
"What's going on?" Sun demanded, shocked.
Just then, Sonic felt somehow glow in warmth light within his quills and, realizing what they were, quickly pulled out the blue and light blue Sol Emeralds which were giving out a heart-beat like sensation, and on top of that, the distortion seemed to be affected by it.
"The Sol Emeralds!" The blue hedgehog exclaimed, then gasped as it spread out a bright light, engulfing him, Young Sonic and Sun as they all screamed while shielding their eyes, the distortion also glowing brighter and changed the entire scenery completely, also filling up into the two blue hedgehogs' minds.
When it finally faded, the sounds of someone crying filled the trio's ears as Sonic and his friends hesitantly opened their eyes, and looked to find they were in some kind of throne room of a renovated castle of sorts, dark and in the middle of the night, and as the confused heroes glanced around in confusion, the two Sol Emeralds' glowing dimmed, but still glowed none the less.
"What's going on?" Sonic asked, bewildered. "Is this place another part of Moebius?"
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Sun asked, raising an eyebrow in confusion.
"Guys, look!" Young Sonic cried out, pointing at in front of them, causing the two older hedgehogs to look and gasped in shock, but none more so than the cobalt speedster as they saw a crouching and crying green hedgehog, cradling the body of a deathly pale Moebian female fox, and as they looked more closely, she fitted the description of what Red told the two of them earlier.
"Scourge? And...I guess that must be Fiona." The sixteen year old muttered, then noticed another familiar figure, a small red-brown hedgehog and he softly gasped. "And Red!"
"Uh...Who are Scourge, Fiona and Red?" The former Sonic clone asked, now even more dumbfounded.
"Scourge is my evil self from another alternate universe and the one behind everything that's going on right now, along with Eggman's other self from Mini-Me's world. Red, who's real name is Maurice but likes to be called Red, is his younger brother who I saved earlier and is a good kid, while Fiona is Scourge's dead girlfriend he wants to bring back to life." Sonic explained briefly.
"You're kidding me!" Sun explained, while his brother and the youngest hedgehog nodded to confirm that what the blue hedgehog said was true. Then the three Mobians noticed how everything seemed to be see-through and transparent.
The trio turned back to the other three, hearing Red say to his older brother, tearfully. "And you killed Snively because you wanted revenge?"
It wasn't until Sonic realized what was happening, remembering what Red said earlier, and gazed at the Sol Emeralds before muttering. "I get it. We're now somehow seeing Red's memories before all of this happened."
"So we're seeing the past now?" Young Sonic asked, blinking in surprise, realizing that it was making a weird sort of sense.
"I don't care what other people think anymore. If they want to believe that I caused all of it, then fine...! I'm the Terror of Moebius, Maurice and you know that. So...So don't borther in telling them the truth...! So GET LOST!" Scourge screamed out at his younger brother who looked heart-broken and devastated.
Seeing this made the hearts of Sonic and Young Sonic ache and split while Sun, not sure what was going on, wasn't sure if he should sympathize the evil green version of his brother or not, but could tell that Scourge was grieving, and the eight year old hedgehog was at a loss.
"...Okay." Red whispered with his voice full of tears, sniffling and then ran off crying, with Sonic's group gazing at the retreating eight year old's form, the two blue hedgehogs' feeling just as tearful as well while the tangerine hedgehog felt awkward, sympathizing the poor kid for having such a bad older brother who wouldn't event accept the younger sibling's attempts for answers or comfort.
"Oh, Red..." Sonic whispered, his eyes filling up with tears as he knew now that his young friend really had been telling truth which he didn't doubt for one second.
He and a tearful Young Sonic along with Sun turned back to Scourge, before the Sol Emeralds glowed again slightly and somehow the memory scene changed, confusing the three of them before they found themselves in a Master grand bedroom with bad boy styled decorations and a large bed that was newly furnished, and found Scourge sitting in a chair by the side of it, with Fiona's body lying on it as though she was merely asleep and made comfortable, but even so, all of them knew it wasn't the case. From the looks of it, the green hedgehog looked so heart-broken that it was out of character to what Sonic and Young Sonic saw in him earlier.
There they didn't see an evil green hedgehog who sought out destruction, but instead they saw a grieving green hedgehog who had lost the one he loved, gently caressing the deceased female fox's face and moving a strain of hair from her closed eyes, tears still sliding down his muzzle.
"Fi...Please come back...I can't go on without you..." Scourge whispered, his voice fall of tears, struggling to hold back his emotions yet again, and then sobbed and then laid down next to his dead girlfriend, hugging her body. "Why!? Why does everybody I love always be taken away from me!? Why do all doctors and scientists have to go up against me and force me to be all alone!? It's not fair! It's, not, FAIR!"
"He thinks Kintobor took Red away from him...That's why I hates him so much..." Young Sonic realized, unconsciously shedding a couple of tears before wiping them away. "It's all Finivetus's fault! He's caused all of this in the first place!"
"I know...and by then, it's already too late." Sonic muttered in agreement, lowering his gaze as he felt guilty for hating his evil self who had gone through a terrible life is misery, losing his parents, believing that Red left him for Kintobor, and Snively tried to use Scourge and killed Fiona before being murdered by the green hedgehog's hands, all because of one evil echidna that no longer existed, in a universe where history changed drastically forever, one where the evil Mobian wanted revenge on another Sonic and another version of Knuckles.
The blue hedgehog knew then and there he had to save Scourge from turning completely evil, and had to help him to see that he wasn't fully alone, that Red didn't abandon him. Sonic desperately hoped that his newest friend could actually talk sense into his seventeen year old brother.
"Guys, you really gotta explain to me what's going on here." Sun awkwardly spoke up.
But before either one of Sonic could explain to the orange hedgehog further into the situation, they, and even Scourge heard a dark voice speak up, and somehow while the green hedgehog drifted off to sleep, the Sol Emeralds glowed again and then the trio found themselves in a dark like place, a world of darkness, and as they wondered what was happening now, they spotted the Terror of Moebius who, also confused, looked around in shock.
"SCOURGE...SCOURGE THE HEDGEHOG..." The dark voice echoed, startling the Moebian.
"Who's there?" Scourge demanded, trying to find the source of the haunting voice, one that, to Sonic's shock and increasing horror, sounded familiar. "Come on out, whoever you are!"
"HEAR ME, TERROR OF MOEBIUS. YOU AND I ARE IN A DESPERATE NEED. YOUR TIME IS RUNNING SHORT." The voice continued, and just as the green hedgehog spun around, he, Sonic, Young Sonic and Sun all gasped in shock and no small amount of horror as something huge formed and emerged from the darkness, towering over them, or more correctly, towering over the Moebian who's eyes widened.
It formed into a huge beast, one that Sonic almost immediately recognized, speechless and horrified beyond belief, while Young Sonic and Sun exclaimed. "What is that!?"
The hero of Mobius's mind raced as he remembered the vision that Soloman had shown him in the Prison of Evil, remembering the very same monster that destroyed the world that was now Asteroid Coaster, one that was once the home of Yacker's mother's past-self, Singarina.
Suddenly the sky turned dark to red and purple, causing Sonic to gaze up ahead, as did the past of Soloman's people who all looked up in confusion and concern, before a huge dark form appeared, forming into a monster that was similar to the Time-Eater, only with horns and legs, red markings all over it's body which reminded the sixteen year old of when he was Dark-Spine Sonic, and when he accidentally had the Werehog transform into the Dark-Spine-Werehog in his inner battle against it.
"OCTOSAURS, FOOLISH WEAKLINGS. I AM CORMAIN, YOUR JUDGE FOR YOUR FATE. YOU HAVE NOT EVOLVED TO YOUR POTENTIAL. THUS YOU ARE DEEMED UNWORTHY TO CONTINUE TO EXIST. YOUR DEATHS ALONG WITH ALL THE WEAK PURE HEART ONES WILL PERISH!" Cormain, the giant monster, declared, causing fear among everyone.
"Cormain...it's Cormain!" Sonic exclaimed, shakily.
"Cormain?" Sun asked, confused at the unfamiliar name.
"That's the monster that forced Soloman and the Octosaurs to the Prison of Evil!?" Young Sonic shouted, horrified, and his older, alternate-self nodded to confirm it.
"We're not in Red's memories, but in Scourge's memories. This is a memory of a nightmare...that Cormain...that Cormain got to him!" The cobalt speedster said in realization. "That monster was briefly set free by that crazy evil echidna that tried to get to another version of us and his world's version of Knuckles!"
"Oh no!" The young blue hedgehog exclaimed.
"My brain's starting to hurt, guys." Sun groaned, placing a hand to his face.
"Who are you?" Scourge demanded, getting into a defense as he glared at the terrifying monster. "What do you want with me?"
"I AM CORMAIN, THE CONTROLLER OF SOULS, THOSE WHO ARE WEAK FACE THE PUNISHMENT OF THEIR BODIES BEING DEVOURED, AND THEIR SOULS IMPRISONED TO THE PLACE OF PUNISHMENT." Cormain spoke, yet Sonic and his friends instantly knew that the evil monster was lying.
"Are you going to punish me? And...if you had anything to do with Fiona's soul, then let her go! She isn't weak! She sacrified herself to save me and that was Snively's fault!" The green hedgehog exclaimed.
Cormain let out a dark chuckle. "YOUR DEAR MAIDEN'S SOUL IS SAFE. YOU, HOWEVER, MUST DO AS I WILL TELL YOU, OR ELSE YOU WILL BELONG TO ME."
Scourge narrowed his eyes, admittedly terrified but refused to let it show. "All I want is Fiona back and to rule Moebius. You can't control me, you horned-freak! And if I did listen to you, what do I have to do?"
"Scourge, no! Don't listen to him! Cormain's lying!" Sonic screamed out, briefly forgetting that this was all set in his evil self's past.
"FIND AND RETREIVE THE SOL EMERALDS, USE THEIR POWER TO CHANGE THE WORLD TO YOUR LIKING AND ERASE THE FOOLS WHO STAND IN YOUR WAY. IF YOU SUCCEED, YOU WILL BE FREE AND REUNITED WITH YOUR BELOVED ONES. IF YOU FAIL, IF YOU DIE BEFORE YOU ACCOMPLISH YOUR MISSION, YOU ARE ALL MINE FOR THE REST OF ETERNITY. YOU HAVE FIVE MONTHS, SCOURGE THE HEDGEHOG. DO NOT FAIL ME..." The evil monster explained, before everything faded around them just as Scourge let out a startled scream as Cormain reached out for him.
The trio then found themselves back in Scourge's room while the green hedgehog jolted upright, panting and covered in sweat from the intense fear of the nightmare he just witnessed. Looking around and, despite at first believing it was just a dream, Sonic and his friends could see that the Terror of Moebius was scared and looked thoughtful, before turning back to Fiona, and with the narrowed look on his eyes, he gently caressed her face again.
"Fi, I'll find a way to bring you back to life. I'll find the Sol Emeralds, and change the world to our liking. I'll even find a way to change history if I have to. I won't let anything keep us separated." Scourge vowed, before leaning in and gently kissed his late lover's cold lips.
As Sonic, Young Sonic and Sun(who both groaned in disgust at the fact that the bad guy was kissing his dead girlfriend) watched and unable to figure out what happened, the Sol Emeralds and the scenery all around them engulfed them in bright light again, forcing the three hedgehogs to shield their eyes once more before it faded, and the next thing the trio knew, they were right back in Spagonia from the past of Sonic's world, and the Sol Emeralds stopped glowing.
"Now I get it. Cormain's the one who's made Scourge to come up with this, and with the monster threatening him, he's fearing for his life and trying to change history to save Fiona, Red and himself." Sonic muttered in realization.
"So if Scourge loses to us, Cormain's gonna kill him?" Young Sonic asked, horrified beyond belief. Despite that he hated the evil green hedgehog for causing all of this, the young hedgehog was definitely not heartless and he knew without a doubt the older blue hedgehog wasn't either.
"Not if we can help it." The sixteen year old declared, placing the Sol Emeralds back into his quills. "We gotta first stop him and Robotnik, and then defeat the Time Eater and Cormain."
"Will any of you please tell me what's going on!?" Sun exclaimed finally, unable to take the confusion anymore. "This is making my head hurt more than the giant Werehog from the past!"
Realizing that the orange hedgehog was really left out on the loop, Sonic felt embarrassed and sheepishly gazed at his brother, apologetically shrugging. "Sorry, Sun. It's just, well, it all started when-"
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" A loud scream from somewhere within the city echoed and cut the blue hedgehog off, causing him and his two friends to glance around in shock, before they realized who it was that screamed, which became louder.
"That's Scourge!" Sonic and Young Sonic exclaimed, wondering if it was already too late, before they and Sun heard a familiar roar and howling that soon followed and an evil dark laughter that, as the three of them gasped, the two older hedgehogs felt their blood run cold and they shared a horrified glance, realizing almost immediately what it was.
"W-what was that?" The youngest hedgehog asked. "That wasn't Cormain, was it?"
"No. It's something from our past." Sonic answered, and although most of his fear of the Werehog was gone, he felt scared as he knew what it was.
"It's the Werehog...!" Sun muttered, shakily, now remembering. "He's back...that's the reason why I was trying to find you Sonic, but Kaiser distracted me."
"Yeah, Kaiser told us about that thing before you showed up..." Sonic replied, before gasping as he came to another horrified. "NO! He's chasing after Scourge! That thing's attracted to that guy's huge wave of negative energy and that he's evil!"
Young Sonic gasped, coming to the same realization as well, his eyes widening in horror. "Scourge's gonna be eaten!"
"We have to save him!" The two Sonics declared.
Despite that he still had no idea what was going on, given what he's experienced, Sun decided to not argue and instead join in on his brother's new mission. "I'm with you! Even though saving bad guys isn't really a good thing, I'm not gonna let this happen either!"
"Let's go! It's time to face that Werehog again, and this time, I won't let my fears conquer me!" Sonic declared, clutching his fist with strong determination, vowing to save his evil-self despite knowing that they would have to fight again, but he promised Red, and he was going to keep to that promise.
After his brother and younger, alternate-self made their agreements despite also feeling scared as well, the three hedgehogs hurried through Spagonia to find Scourge, as Sonic also knew one thing that he told Shadow back in Station Square.
Sonic the Hedgehog was not going to let fear and guilt stop him from fighting and defeating the Werehog. Not this time, and not ever again if he could help it.
A/N: Sorry that the battle against the past-Kaiser was short, but now things are really heating up. Can Sonic's group save Scourge, defeat the Werehog-Beast again and find the Chaos Emerald? Only time will tell.
See you later!
