5 - The Power of Malice

"What did you hear? What did you see?" Shadow ordered. Rouge just fluttered her eyes in a different direction and laughed under her breath. She was currently fixing the make up on her face in Tails' bathroom, looking in the mirror and painting eye shadow on her eye lids. She was lightly bent over the sink as she was examining herself. As she was putting on her face, Shadow was in the door way, leaned against it and glaring holes into the back of her ivory head.

"You're going to keep asking me until I tell, so I might as well just tell you now." She put down her brush and then lifted a stick of mascara in her hand up to her lashes. Shadow cringed at the sight. That looked so painful. "I came back in only a few minutes. I saw how you were looking at Big Blue. And I have to say, he was in a pretty submissive position. Looking all flushed and sweaty and vulnerable."

"The hell are you trying to say?" Shadow harshly questioned as he stepped closer. This didn't falter her movements though. She continued placing on her make up.

"Then, I saw him put your finger in his mouth and oooh...Seemed like a nice Friday night was about to begin."

"As if."

"Cut it out sweetie, you know bullshit goes but so far with me." She put down the stick of mascara and held up a small black pencil of eye liner. She gently placed her hand on her cheek and pressed it down to get a better spread view of her eye. "I know you got a thing for him. I always knew. The second you started to warm up with him, I saw it in your eyes. And a woman's intuition is never wrong."

Shadow didn't respond. He only looked away stubbornly with a conflicted expression.

"I don't give a damn if you don't want to admit it to me. I think you're just realizing it yourself that you like him. But once you're sure of it, I want you to be honest." She advised wisely as she pursed her lips in her reflection. "That's how misunderstandings happen, because people don't want to confess and just be frank. Then people get their feelings hurt, and it turns into some bad TV drama." She put down the eye liner that she drew sharply on her lids, then picked up her lip gloss. "I've had my fair shares of heartbreaks. I know how this works. So if you want something, get it. The worst he'll do is reject you, it won't kill you to try. When the time is right, of course."

The black hedgehog continued to stare at her, no longer glaring, but attentively listening.

She smacked her lips a few times before gently rubbing the pad of her finger on her bottom and top lips. "You two had a nice conversation. It was pretty sweet." She smirked. She turned and looked at Shadow's face to see he if he was still listening. "And," She hesitated in her words. Not normal for her usual sharp tongue. "If, what we did, is making you have second thoughts, don't let it. Forget about it, hear me?" She said sternly. "I don't want that to effect you."

"It doesn't." He suddenly retorted. "I never even thought about it until you brought it up. That's behind me. Both of us."

"Good." She sighed.

Shadow continued not to look at her. "If anything, it made me learn a few things." He slyly complimented. She smiled at that with a small blush.

"How sweet. Well I'm glad." She stepped in front of him and put her hand on his shoulder. She made a small squeeze and leaned up to give him a small kiss on the cheek. "I'll keep this only between us. If, and I mean if you two do become a thing, you treat him good. Big Blue's a good boy, and he deserves to be treated right."

"You say it like he's your son or something. Since when do you care so much?" Shadow questioned in a matter-of-fact way.

"Well," She pressed her lips closed for a second to think about how she was going to word her next sentence. "Before I met you, I worked for GUN, right? Well, GUN had their eyes pointed on Sonic even then. So, I had to dig up some dirt on him. I don't know everything about him, but I did find a few things that were juicy."

"Like?" He raised a brow.

Rouge took her hand off his shoulder, and turned to walk away from him back to the mirror to finish up. "I'm not gonna say it out right, since that's his business. Let's just say he's had incidents in dating. A lot of times, it didn't work out so well for him. Poor thing. I can relate to some of his past, so I guess I pity him."

"I see." Shadow glanced away from her, the blue hedgehog popping up in his mind. So he's had experience. And from what it sounds like, not good experiences. Can't say he was surprised. He was the hero, of course everyone and their mother wanted to go out with the famous Sonic the Hedgehog. But it seems like it wasn't all it was cracked up to be. At least not for him. "Thanks." He mumbled before turning around and walking out of the room.

She said nothing back as she continued to smile to herself. Shadow changed so much. And she did, too. She was, kinda happy with that.

Blue eyelids clenched together, as his teeth locked onto each other with a large grip. He tossed and turned in his once again messy bed. The sheets were everywhere. The wet cloth Rouge nicely put on him was on the floor, dry as a bone. He was sweating even more than before, and he felt like his head was going to implode in on itself. His heart raced faster than his almighty speed, if that were even possible. He was panting so fast, it seemed like a terrible case of hyperventilation.

He held onto his chest with his peach hands, grabbing at his torso, like he was trying to grasp his own beating heart. His legs wildly twitched, like he was trying to get away from something. His body did violent jerks every now and then, making him almost toss himself off the bed. He was gasping, and yet no one could hear him. He couldn't scream, he couldn't call for help. Sonic was ready to just end it all if this pain wouldn't stop.

Yet, this was all just a dream. Why did it seem so real?

He felt it all in his veins. His entire body vibrated with power. But, it didn't feel like raw strength, it felt like something otherworldly. A divine entity passing it's blood into his system. It felt like a sacred force that was currently coursing through his veins. He was never a religious person, but this power truly made him feel like there really was a deity up there, watching Mobius from afar with nothing but good intentions. It made him want to believe.

As he was looking into his white gloved hands, he heard a loud footstep stomp into the sand behind him. Who else was on this island? No one knew about it except him. They definitely wouldn't know about the sacred shrine either. And whoever it was wanted him to know they were here with that loud entrance. Sonic slowly lifted his head up from his hands and turned to the direction of the new comer.

His eyes dilated dramatically. He looked up and down frantically, almost immediately recognizing the person. And he regretted laying his eyes on him.

The all-too familiar green hedgehog held up his hand and wave tauntingly with a small smile. "Hey." He whispered creepily.

No. No no no no! Why was he here!? How was he here!? How could he have-Damn it, if he knew where the shrine was, that meant he already achieved his power too in the other world. It wasn't hard to locate if you knew where the opposite shrine was on Moebius. Shit, he didn't know what to do.

"Why...are you here?" Sonic said with a low, grave tone.

"Why?" Scourge repeated. "Well, a couple of small little itty bitty reasons. Nothing too big, Blue." His anti-self falsely assured. He walked circles around him, just to toy with him even further. Sonic's guard was up, his body was very tense. He knew he couldn't win a fight against him, but if it came down to it, he'd fight until he could no longer move his body. Until he drew his last breath if necessary. "You know, revenge. That's one reason." Scourge stopped in front of him and put on his thinking face. "But ya know, there was something else I wanted, cause I discovered somethin' real crazy not too long ago."

"..." Sonic didn't say a word.

Scourge shrugged at his silence and continued to explain. "You see Blue, I trashed your Doc's bases not too long ago. All twelve of 'em, all around your Mobius."

Sonic's eyes went wide with shock. He couldn't have...Did he kill Eggman?

"Some of them were already run down and abandoned, but had the potential to be operational again. So to make sure that couldn't happen, I wrecked them just a teensy bit more." Scourge clapped his hands once and exhaled shortly. "It was hard work but, I did it. Then, I found your Doc. He was plannin' some crazy plot to make you turn into some, weird dark form or some shit. Whatever that is..." He flagged it off and put his hands on his hips, looking at the ground and lightly kicking the sea stones on the sand.

Dark form? Sonic clenched his teeth while angrily looking down. Again with that idea? That was years ago, why would he even attempt at doing that again? Of course the bastard would try to find a way to use it as another one of his schemes. He was almost glad Scourge came into the picture to stop it.

"Anyway, I trashed the base he was in too. Then, before I nuked the whole place, I read up the research he recorded in some documents." The green menace pointed and wagged his finger at Sonic. "You my friend, are one special motherfucker."

Shit. Sonic thought. Why did he of all people have to find out about that?

"I had no idea you had such dark origins, Blue!" His anti-double insultingly complimented with a round of applause. "Wow! And not only that, but ya got two dark forms? Four forms in all, with two being your most powerful, that's able to wreck a planet?! Duuuuude." Scourge chuckled under his breath as he continued to clap for Sonic. "I am so fuckin' jealous dude! So envious, I could turn green!" He blinked. "Oh wait, I already am." He busted out laughing, holding his side hysterically. "Oh man Blue, you sure got some skeletons in your closet."

The cobalt hedgehog looked away shamefully. He hated those forms with a passion. He wished he never had them, never met them. Those two, were the worst of him. They were pure evil, and they made him look like a monster. And for someone to commend them for existing and being jealous of not having them, like they were a couple of trophies to be proud of, pissed him off to no end. He hated that his anti-self was the only person that could make him act so serious and angry in such a short amount of time. He was supposed to be snarky with his enemies. He was the one who was supposed to be cracking jokes, having the upper hand. But with him, that just wasn't the case.

"Now don't look so down." Scourge said with a more serious and sympathetic tone. The hero just scoffed at him. "Don't be like that buddy, come on-"

"I'm not your damn buddy!" Sonic suddenly yelled, making the green hedgehog raise his brows.

"Woah. Consider that nerve touched."

"If you want me, I'm right here." Sonic challenged. "I know what you're gonna do. Leave everyone out of this, and just take me."

Scourge just laughed in his face. "Lookie here! Blue's actin' serious when a fight hasn't even started? What happened to that way past cool attitude, huh? What, growin' up decreased your basic idea of fun?"

"What do you want from me now!?" The blue hedgehog pressed.

His anti-self sighed with a pout. "Fine." He muttered. "So impatient," He trailed off before looking straight behind Sonic. With a startled expression, Sonic swiftly turned around, only to be stabbed with a syringe that pierced right into his shoulder. Someone's hand was already on it, injecting the contents into him. Their face was covered in a black hood, and he was already so woozy and dizzy, he couldn't even make out their figure anymore. His vision failed him, and he fell to the ground. "But that's to be expected of the fastest thing alive." He heard Scourge taunt as he was blacking out. "Good work, babe. I'll meet up with you in a sec. Got somethin' to do." He heard some footsteps, and felt himself being dragged across the rough sand. "Just keep goin' with the plan and get his ass in the castle. Oh and, try not to hurt him too much, kay?" The final thing he heard before passing out completely.

When he came to, he couldn't see a thing. All he saw was dark brown, with some kind of fabric-like texture. Did they put a damn bag over his head? Well, that made this a true kidnapping then, didn't it? His quills were tearing through it like paper, but it kept his face well covered. Must have been tied around his neck.

"Shit, he's awake already." A voice he didn't recognize at all. Then, he heard the sound of a car. Like, someone was parking it. He heard the slams of car doors too.

"I already knew the stuff wouldn't have him out for long. Wasn't that strong, just like I thought. Forget about that, just drag him out to the castle. We're almost there." A voice he did recognize. Was that...He hoped to Chaos it wasn't. She'd be a real problem to deal with.

With a yelp, he felt himself fall from somewhere onto what felt like hard concrete. He then felt himself get dragged from a street to frail dead grass. Damn it, where the hell were they taking him? He didn't remember where he was being put after he was injected with that stuff. It made his memory fuzzy. His arms and legs were bound by something tough. It wasn't just normal rope, it felt like thick cable cords or something. And his feet was extra tied. Which was smart, because they knew he'd try to run. Speaking of which, his feet felt a little naked. Like he only had his socks-

...Those assholes took his damn shoes.

That still wouldn't stop him from making a ruckus, though.

"Ngh!" Sonic struggled and wiggled in his binds, trying desperately to get them loose somehow. He knew they wouldn't actually break, but he did want to put some effort into it. He wanted a little attention. He rolled and fumbled around, making whoever was pulling him almost fall over.

"Argh! Damn it, quit moving around so much!"

"If he wants to move around so bad, just make him walk. He couldn't run if he wanted to." The female voice said roughly. "Dumb ass..." She said under her breath.

"My apologies your highness. I'll make him walk, and behave!" The other voice he didn't recognize said obediently. Sonic smirked to himself. That's exactly what he wanted. He felt himself get yanked from the ground onto his feet. He heard the sound of something shiny and metallic, like a small blade. He heard some tearing and pulling, and the cables binding his feet snapped apart. His legs were free. Oooh boy did that feel good. If only he could get his shoes back. He was pulled by the forearm to follow in their direction, and was forced to walk with a bit of a stumble.

"Man these things stink." The girl said in disgust.

Sonic rolled his eyes. If someone runs all day in shoes and socks, you're damn right they would stink. Even with the new modification Tails put in them to decrease their funk, it isn't permanent. His quick-witted thoughts were interrupted by loud booming thunder. Oh of course it was about to rain. It was always dreary here anyway. He had a good feeling of where he was and who this girl was. And that made his stomach turn in fear a little bit. His feet were already gross from stepping in dusty dead grass, the last thing he needed was wet soaked-feet.

"Don't think about trying to get anywhere, Sonic." The female voice reminded. "Without your shoes, you're nothing. You're not the fastest thing alive anymore. Just behave a while, and you won't have to get hurt." She said with a rather smug voice.

Did she really just say the dumbest thing ever? Did she not know he didn't need his-Oh great Chaos, she didn't know. She must have thought since Scourge couldn't run without them, Sonic couldn't, instead of thinking the opposite by mistake. After all, everything was opposite about them. At least, that's what he assumed. Whatever. Her screw up, her eventual downfall. Because the next move he was going to make would be reckless and dangerous, but definitely worth it. "Tmmgnhhmnn." Sonic tried to say.

"Come again?" The female voice said, puzzled by Sonic's muffled mouth.

With an annoyed groan, Sonic put one leg behind the other and shot one of his feet high, and backflipped. Perfectly calculating where his kidnapper might be, he kicked his foot right in what felt like their nose. They made a pained grunt and accidentally let go of Sonic's arm, who landed gracefully back on his shoeless feet.

"Damn it!" He heard the girl curse. "Grab him already!" She ordered.

Who was she talking to? Damn, were there others around him that he couldn't hear? Well his question was answered when someone tried running towards him. Their footsteps gave it all away. He dodged to the left, and heard the faint sound of another blade. They were trying to stab him, really? He heard another swipe coming, so he dipped down to dodge this time. Then left, then right. He quickly turned his back towards them with his tied arms out in plain sight. He turned flawlessly the minute they swiped at him again. The blade cut through his second set of restraints, letting Sonic free.

Sonic wrung out his hands before lifting them up to the back of his head and untying the knot that held the bag over his face. He shook his head back and forth like a drenched mutt and let the bag slip away. Sonic sighed in relief, looking at his wrists and lightly rubbing them. A mark was starting to bruise. They tied him up pretty tight.

Sonic's ear twitched, hearing the others behind make another move to come at him. So he effortlessly stepped to the right and swung his own arm into the one that held the pocket knife. He set one foot down hard into the ground and swung them into the other side of the area, letting them land hard onto the dead grass and rolling. They were on some grassy pavement of a large street. The knife had flung away as well. "I said," Sonic said as he eyed his own socks that looked tattered. He bent down and hopped as he tried to peel them off one at a time without losing his balance. Once they were finally off, he threw somewhere behind him.

He was then suddenly in front of the girl he recognized and snatched his sneakers from out of her hands. She gasped in shock, not realizing he didn't need those shoes to move so fast. He stepped back a little with a smirk and proceeded to put on his sneakers as she glared at him. "That this is the crappiest kidnapping I've ever been victim of." The girl with red fur and blue eyes just growled at him in response. "Also, I'm a little offended you don't know me that well. Everyone knows I don't need my shoes to run fast. I just wear 'em so I don't hurt myself when I run. Ya know, momentum and all that jazz. It's so I don't catch on fire." He felt his sarcastic mouth run smoothly. Ahh, his mojo was coming back to him already. "My speed is nothin' but natural. I was born with it." He said proudly as he buckled them tightly.

"You are so fuckin' dead." The red fox grumbled. Sonic looked around and took in the setting. A despair filled atmosphere, garbage filled streets, dead natural flora and animals. Crows flying around, gray clouds, abandoned dingy buildings, crime-scented backgrounds...Yup, this was Moebius alright. He turned around behind him to see a good amount of thugs glowering at him. They were male and female Moebians, but they were all wearing black. What, was this some kind of gang? That would explain Scourge's new attire. Sonic turned back to face the girl he knew well, a red fox named Fiona, who was wearing a black attire as well, and the black hoodie he saw earlier.

"Fiona," Sonic said carefully, his playful attitude dispersing. "I dunno what you guys are planning," He said as he saw her thugs slowly coming closer from the corner of his eye. "But whatever it is, just stop." He took a few steps back cautiously, eyeing both her and them. "You already know how this is gonna go down."

"I don't give a damn." She declared, eyeing for her minions to move in on Sonic and gesturing them to attack. Sonic caught this, and glanced to the side. They were rushing towards him at speedy paces. They were actually pretty fast, even for his standards. Nothing he couldn't beat but, definitely impressive for a couple of lackeys. There was at least less than a dozen of them. Again, nothing he couldn't handle.

The first one who came at him was a female rabbit. He didn't really like to hit girls, especially not one that resembled Ms. Vanilla, but this was his life on the line after all. Her and a couple others who were running behind her, other male Moebians, were coming for him like bulls. Thinking quick on his feet, no pun intended, he watched the movements of the two males. When they went to attack with punches, the female rabbit went to bring up her leg to kick. Sonic pulled their arms into his own to stop their attack all together, and kicked the rabbit first, right in her ribs. She fell down hard, leaving the other two males.

While still holding onto one of their arms, he let the other go and gave a nice crack in the jaw. He stumbled back, but didn't go down. Sonic then grabbed him by the fur of his head and tossed him over where his rabbit ally laid. He let the other male he had grabbed go and gave a round of punches to his face and gut. He went down with a bloody nose and a quiet whimper.

Six more of those thugs came sprinting towards him. Ooh this would be a doozy. But he fought worse before. A couple females and the rest males. And one of them was real beefy. Alright, guess he'd take that one down first. He made a sudden shock wave as he ran off away from the spot he previously stood at. The boom shook the ground, making some of them lose their balance. That included the big guy. A big gray bulldog wearing that weird black garb. Sonic jumped and dropped kicked the mutt right in the center of his face. He growled from the pain but didn't fall. So Sonic landed on his back and punched the back of his head over and over.

Grunting from being knocked in the head over and over, the Moebian dog tried reaching from behind his back to grab Sonic, but he couldn't reach him. The hedgehog reeled his fist back and gave a real good sock this time, making the dog see stars and fall to his knees and soon, the ground. He shook his hand. That hurt his knuckles a little. Speaking of which, if Knuckles were here, he would have took the guy down in a few less hits. He back flipped from off of him and landed on his feet. He eyed his audience, who seemed put off by their strongest guy getting knocked down so easily.

Not wasting anymore time dawdling, Sonic bolted to the group of gang members and began his onslaught. With only five of them in this group left, he felt an easy win coming along. He shoved and punched one of them in the face, kicking him away from the crowd. He grabbed and kneed someone else in the abdomen. It would have landed in his face, but he was a little taller than Sonic, so his stomach was the unlucky target. He tossed him away like trash as well, before dodging the two females in the group. They tried attacking simultaneously with pocket knives, but he easily slapped them from their hands and gave them both swift kicks to the chests.

With the last guy in their group left who seemed rather reluctant and fearful, Sonic just blew out some air and walked towards him calmly. He jumped and did a split kick in the air, nailing him right in the face. He fell miserably, groveling on the ground while covering his face in agony. Sonic dusted himself off, but flinched once he saw them all struggle to get back on their feet. Every single one he fought since he started this, got up and rushed to Sonic once again. Surprised by this, he was surrounded. Sonic could only watch as they ganged up on him and jumped him. He could only cover his face with his arms as he was punched and kicked to the ground. They all stood above him, beating him senseless.

Little did they know, he was taking the hits like a champ. It did hurt, especially the hits from the big dog guy, but it didn't matter. He was far too confident. He grinned as his body was soon engulfed in a bright blue aura. It glowed and shined, making his attackers wince from the light and stop their movements. A large boom resonated from area. The power was so forceful, its aura could be seen in the air. The thugs flew off in different directions, scattering all over the area, yards away from Sonic now. The shock wave was so strong, it knocked them all off their feet instantly.

Sonic was now standing alone, looking proud at his work.

His ear twitched at the sound of a car engine and the screech of tires. A large black truck stopped right beside Fiona, dead grass blades and dusts flying from the ground with tire tracks trampling the earth. Fiona just continued to stare holes into Sonic as people jumped out from the vehicle like military men. And this time, they didn't have those little knives. They had guns. Not good, Sonic thought. But once again, nothing he couldn't handle. As they aimed and slowly got closer, Sonic got down on his hands and knees. He made a track runner position, readying himself to run. Fiona watched carefully, trying to figure out what he'd do next. The hero of Mobius Prime closed his eyes and balled his fists up in the ground, focusing hard on his energy.

The aura on his body got so strong, it covered Sonic's entire form. The only thing anyone could see now was the silhouette of a hedgehog. Then, Sonic darted off, leaving a trail of blue aura that drifted in the air like a mist. He ran full force at the team of guns and moved like a true Olympic winning sprinter, with no intention of stopping. They tried scampering away, but unfortunately, Fiona was the only one who managed to get away. She was lucky by mere seconds, because Sonic had collided with both the gang, and their truck at the same time.

Another boom-like sound echoed throughout the area. Sonic skidded his sneakers to a halt. Behind him was the now wrecked car, and passed out gang members. They were all smoking like they were recently on fire. Sonic turned to glance at his work and mentally sighed. That was a bit harsh. They weren't robots after all. But, him pulling his punches during battle was why some of his enemies always came back. Shadow once told him, sometimes you have to be a little cruel. Playing pacifist all the time would eventually get him killed, and it almost did a couple times before.

He looked at Fiona, who was astonished by this power. Sonic tried once again to reason with her, steadily walking towards her direction. "Look, Fiona-"

"Stay back!" She yelled, whipping out a pistol from her belt.

"Listen," Sonic said gently as he moved a little closer. "I told you this wouldn't go your way. Now put that thing down and just call this whole thing off."

"Get away."

"I know you guys are planning to target my friends. I mean, that's the typical bad guy thing to do. Well, call up Scourge and tell him to back off." He started shaking his head. "I don't want to fight you. Not again."

"I'm warning you Sonic!" She warned once again, taking the safety off of the weapon.

"Fiona, please. Just-" The moment he took another step, he heard a bang He then felt a horrible stinging and throbbing sensation in his arm. Sonic blinked and looked down at his shoulder. There was a bullet right in his flesh. It hurt like hell, but he couldn't even react. He put his hand up to the new wound, watching as fresh blood drained out. He looked at her with disbelief in his eyes, never thinking that she'd ever shoot him. With a weak voice, he made a pitiful smile. "I..I know you got a grudge against me an' all, but..." He didn't finish his sentence.

"And I'll do it again." She threatened with absolutely no emotion in her voice. She began to smile with a rather sinister expression. "I'll do it fifty more times if I have to. You and everyone you care about, I'll happily kill you all!"

"And I'm sad to say," Sonic croaked as he took his hand away from his wound with a hiss. "I can't let you do that!" He cried before charging into her at supersonic speed. He slammed into her with a head butt, knocking her several feet away with a pained scream. She fell down hard on her side, the gun dropping away from her hand. Blood trickled down from her hair, and she squinted her eyes from the terrible headache that was forming.

"C-Crap!" Sonic jogged over to her and knelt beside her body. He didn't mean to hurt her that bad. She was gonna get a migraine from that, at the very least. He watched as Fiona fluttered her eyes a bit before closing them and blacking out. She was unconscious. Sonic panicked. "Damn it! Fiona!" He called, shaking her body. "Come on, seriously! Wake up already!" He knew he shouldn't have did that, but he had no other choice! She was going to kill him! But, he just as easily could have killed her with that head butt. She wasn't as strong as he was, not by a long shot, no matter how much she wouldn't admit it.

He lifted up her head onto his thigh, wincing from his bullet wound to hold her. He hoped to Chaos he didn't kill her, he really did. She was bad, but she didn't deserve this, not by him. The drizzling, and soon heavy pouring of rain didn't even bother him. Both he and her were drenched in minutes, but, it didn't wash away all the blood. She hated him, so much. She hated that he accidentally abandoned her. She hated that he never went to look for her. She hated how much of a goody-goody he was. She hated that he was a hero. And she hated that she still had lingering feelings for him. That was his own opinion but, it was obvious that she still had something for him. It was faint, but it was definitely still there. Probably because of how he and his anti-self resembled each other so much.

The sound of rubber splashing and squeaking through rain caught his attention through the silence. Sonic lifted up his head, tightening his hold on Fiona. He almost gasped, the man of the hour finally arrived.

Scourge stepped a couple of feet away from the two, and looked around. He saw his men on the ground, beaten and out cold. One of his trucks, ruined to shit. So badly damaged that repairing it was out of the question. He saw trails of blood. Some from his men, some from Sonic, and some from his fiance, his queen. The few words he said from his mouth, actually made a shiver go up Sonic's spine. The only enemy that could strike fear in his body.

"...You did all this?" Scourge asked rather eagerly in a low tone, looking down on Sonic like a tower. The hero of Mobius, gently placed Fiona's head on the ground, no longer touching his anti-self's 'merchandise'.

"...Yeah." Sonic retorted.

"And you, thought hurtin' my girl would make you seem cool or some shit?" Scourge playfully smirked, but it was a mask. He was making a really pissed off expression. "Come on, be honest."

"Of course not." The blue one quickly countered. "I'd never hurt a girl like that."

"Ohoho, excuse me mister gentleman, I forgot who I was talking to. The hypocritical guy who beat up my female gang members, and," He put up his index finger. "This here's the kicker. And, you beat up my future wife." He clapped his hands a few times. "What a real gentleman." He spat.

"She shot me, I had to find a way to stop her!" Sonic exclaimed, standing up on his feet.

"By beatin' the fuckin' shit out of her."

"No I didn't! All I did was head butt her, she was gonna kill me!"

"Ooooohh! Even fuckin' better!" Scourge hollered, a smile no longer visible on his face. He then looked away briefly to regain his composure, chuckling before facing Sonic again. "Listen, I don't like when something of mine gets damaged."

Sonic made a callous look. "You talk about her like some kind of medal."

"Yeah and guess who she's riding at night, me or you? Oh yeah that'd be me." He boasted. "I got her now, Blue. Meaning I can talk about her how ever the fuck I want. Quit actin' like a white knight in shining armor."

"You're a damn pig!"

"And you're not listening." Scourge replied softly. "I'll punish you for hurting her later. But for now, you need to know what's gonna go down." He put his hands in his jacket pockets and slowly smiled. "Fi's not gonna be the only thing that's mine."

The blue hedgehog narrowed his eyes and scowled.

"Let's just say I'm like you in this instance." He shrugged as he moved his legs to get closer to Sonic. "I'm not all straight. I'm into guys a little, too. Tried it a few times, not too bad. Oh and," Scourge quickly added. "Don't ask how I know you like dudes. Let's just say I put two and two together with the 'long hiatus' of dating, and the pitiful amount of sex you lack in your life."

Oh hell no. Sonic's mind was telling him to run right now.

He turned and tried to run, but his arm was caught and pulled harshly to Scourge. Right in his face.

"I have such great things to show you, Blue. Great things to show, and to do. So many things...to do to you, Sonic." His face was darkened, only his piercing and almost glowing icy blue eyes showing through the dark rain. His shiny gleaming white fanged teeth were revealed as he smiled. It was twisted, malice was drawn all over him. His grip was a death grip. It threatened to rip Sonic's arm off. Scourge had an expression split between pure madness and insanity, and pure happiness. "It'll be so much fun." He deathly whispered.

Sonic's body couldn't move, he was literally paralyzed with fear.

"Today I will show you," He let go of Sonic's arm and stared at him. "What true despair and evil, really is."

Black aura surrounded him. The next thing Sonic saw next, he couldn't say, because that's how fast it was. He found himself knocked down on his butt, a red mark appearing on his cheek as blood dripped down. What he saw next, was a true monster coming out of it's shell. What Scourge was really like, his true persona. His chaos energy made the perfect image of that, a psychopath crouching over him. He actually saw a giant source of energy made of pure negative chaos, form into a silhouette of...He didn't even know. It really was a monster. The power of the sacred shrines, this must have been his.

All he saw next, was darkness.

One could see Scourge carrying an unconscious Fiona, and an unconscious Sonic over his shoulders in the direction of a large abandoned looking castle.

END - 5

PLEASE read this.

For those of you who are reviewing and supporting this story, I thank you with hugs and gentle kisses. I love you all so much, I wish nothing but the absolute best for you, and I hope I can continue making your literary life happy by posting more chapters.

Now for those of you who keep PMing me about Role Playing, I'll say this nicely one last time.

I do NOT role play. I used to in the past, I do not do that anymore due to personal circumstances.

If you PM me again about role playing, expect me to ignore you or even block you. I cannot stress how annoying that is. Especially if I say no the first time, and you still PM me about it again.

For those of you who don't get the hint, I'll say it in a way you may understand better.

Do not fucking PM me about role playing again. I don't role play, so stop fucking messaging me about it.

Now for those of you who didn't have any ill intentions while trying to get me to role play, I do apologize for this rude author's note. It's definitely not all of you. I'm sure you all mean well, but PLEASE.

PLEEEEAAAASE.

STOP. PMING ME. ABOUT ROLE PLAYING.

I. DON'T. ROLE. PLAY.

Edit: Looks like someone didn't want to listen. Well one of those pesky little bastards who didn't want to stop PMing me is blocked now. Consider this a warning, or you'll be reported. Sorry about this, everyone.

For those of you who could care less about role playing, please pay this no mind. Just continue to be beautiful and kind. Sorry for the long author's note, I've just about had it with these damn messages. Anyway, please review about the story, tell me what you think. Please have a nice day.