55 - Hyper Asphyxiation

Zonic and Zhadow glanced at each other with slightly concerned expressions. Already saying crazy stuff out of the blue, huh? No, they couldn't start this interrogation off like this. They needed this guy to start from the beginning. Zhadow cleared his throat of the small silence and instructed for the android to start over. "Before we, get into what you just said, we need you to start over from the beginning. Tell us what you did when you first arrived here on Mobius prime, and why." He ordered for Zonic to fetch him a pad and paper so he can make a written report to keep track of everything that's happening. Of course they had other officers to do that for them, but Zhadow wanted a personal journal for himself. Zonic nodded, left a blue streak behind and returned in only a few minutes with a notepad and pen. He handed it over to his superior, and they listened to the anti-Shadow's words carefully.

The android gave them a glare, before continuing. "One hundred years ago, I was created by Dr. Kintobor's grandfather in the depths of space of anti-Mobius' atmosphere, among a space station you all would presume as The Ark. Unlike your prime's Shadow, my home was not destroyed, nor was my creator killed. He is still very much alive, but barely hanging on by a thread." His artificial cyan eyes glinted for a moment. "Originally, I was created to destroy all of the Moebians. Again, unlike your prime's Shadow, not out of revenge, but to stop the Chaos Born assigned to that world."

Tails flinched. What did he just say? Zonic narrowed his eyes with a scowl. "Is that right?" The commandeer growled under his breath. The hell was that supposed to mean?

Android number nine continued. "My master knew of the origins of the Chaos Born, and knew that killing the one of my world would help avoid a great disaster that, as you already know, plagued the entire planet. This was my only directive, my one and true objective." He then lowered his eyes. "That is, until I was separated from my master. The beings you know as The Divine Ones, soon found out about my master's plan to eradicate the new Chaos Born of Moebius that would be spawned in only a few decades. They took me away, neutralized my master so that he would not die, but stay in immense pain for every year that he would live. Meanwhile, they redesigned my programming, writing over my memories and objectives. I was their toy. Soon, my objective was not to kill the Chaos Born, but to live as it's breeder." His eyes slowly rose to meet Zonic's personally. "I am the anti-Sonic's official breeder to continue the vast cycle of Chaos Born for planet Moebius."

"I-I...Wha...?" Tails barely whispered as he unconsciously shook his head. This...This was insane.

Zonic didn't look pleased at all. "You say that, and yet this is the first time I've ever made your acquaintance. As the Grand Overseer of any and all Chaos Born, I should have known about an official 'breeder'."

"I was put offline by the time Scourge became a teen, as the Divine Ones understood that he was far too rebellious to comply."

"But why?" Zonic asked aggressively, his voice slightly raising. "They could have just performed a Divine Intervention if they wanted him to reproduce so badly, they didn't need you! And since when are there official 'breeders?' I was never taught anything like this!"

"Considering how weak the anti-Sonic was, they needed him to breed with someone who'd surely take care of him and protect him." The droid made a small smirk. "...And you're right, they could have performed an Intervention. However, they wanted to make an example out of him." His smirk widened, something they wouldn't expect out of an emotionless droid. "The example of what happens when you defy the almighty Gods of this universe. Thousands of years of suffering for his royal bloodline, such is his fate. And now, he's crossed a line beyond their limits." He went on. "You see, the Divine Ones predicted that fool would cause some kind of an uproar in the cosmos. I was placed online a year ago, about the time he ruined your HQ yet again. I watched him closely, following him as he moved forward with his plans of detaining and ultimately killing the Champion." He grinned. "Once I realized he planned on destroying Mobius prime first, I made my move as well by order of the Divine Ones."

Tails nudged next to Zonic's leg and took a step forward. His face looked ghoulish, as if he was afraid of any more answers the droid could give. "...What did you do?"

The droid glared at the fox. "By the time I arrived, I was a tad too late. The world was already ravaged, and you were under his control." His eyes glinted curiously. "When I arrived, I purged your mind and cleansed you of his influence with my own power." He leaned his head against the wall. "Understand that though I am mostly inorganic, I have been blessed with natural chaotic capabilities that exceed even your prime Shadow's. I do not share his ability to have a spirit as a super form, but by default, I am superior." He explained. "After cleansing you all of the anti-Sonic's curse, I was ordered to keep you all safe from harm."

"But," Tails uttered. "But why? Aren't we the enemy?"

"Not in the way that you think, fox." He replied. "You see, I don't care about you, nor your friends. I only want to keep you alive and safe so the Champion can have his fill."

Zhadow frowned at his words. "You did mention that Sonic prime is to 'eat' them earlier, what do you mean by that?" Then, Zonic's eyes shrunk. Fear clouded his eyes, and his body became as still as a statue. Oh no, this wasn't good, not at all. That's what he meant by eating. No no no! No, this was bad! He thought Sonic prime didn't need to eat like they did. Glancing to the side and seeing his rookie look spooked, Zhadow asked with concern what the problem was. "Zonic?" He addressed softly. "What's wrong?"

Tails looked up at the No Zone counterpart as well with confusion. This guy was so tough and cool like his big bro, why did he look so scared all of a sudden? Zonic swallowed, hard. He then clenched his teeth and looked to the side anxiously. That's when the droid muffled a laughter. "I see you've finally realized what I'm talking about."

The kitsune furrowed his brows. "No, we don't. Zonic," He tugged the commander's military top. "What's he talking about now?"

Zonic briefly looked down to meet the fox's gaze, and immediately regretted it. Because in his eyes, he saw nothing but innocence, persistence and tenderness for his role model and friends. He almost forgot that this mature but strong-willed boy, was still just a child. No, Zonic was no longer a liar, He refused to hurt anyone else with his deception. Zhadow didn't know the full truth either, it was time to finally get everything out. Zonic's expression calmed itself, his eyes becoming softer at the sight of the preteen. He sighed and hugged his arms cover his chest. "I...Am sorry for my behavior, Miles prime. What the droid speaks of is, well," Here we go. "It isn't good news."

Geez, was Tails even surprised at this point? What else could possibly make this situation any more bleaker than it already was? He just exhaled harshly through his nostrils, and gave Zonic his full attention. "Just tell me."

Damn, Sonic prime raised a strong boy. "You see, Chaos Born are made of pure chaos energy. As powerful beings, they do not need much to stay alive or satisfied. However," His eyes sharpened. "They still need sustenance like the android says to be powerful and stay powerful. That sustenance is of course chaos energy. However, Chaos Born cannot simply go to a chaos emerald and use up that power, as it is a misuse and a waste. So to eat, they consume the energies of others that have chaos energy. Such as Mobians."

Tails flinched. "W-What?"

Zonic closed his eyes sadly. "Everything is made of chaos energy, as you were all made by the Divine Spirits. Of course you don't have large amounts like a Chaos Born, but you still have a small percent of it nonetheless. So to get stronger, Chaos Born drain your remaining chaos energy to use it for themselves. However, for Mobians like you, that could mean death. You may not have a lot of it, but chaos energy can be vital to your survival." He explained sorrowfully. "Traditionally, for a sign of tyranny, every Chaos Born of their respective reality drains the life force from every single organism on the planet to completely conquer it. While the anti-Sonic is evil, he is against the Divine Ones, and rebelled against eating his own people. After all, that energy doesn't just go to them, it goes to the Divine Ones as well. Everything is connected, just like an underground mycelium network."

Zhadow grasped Zonic's shoulder. "Wait," He said. "Is...Is that why you purge yourself? Why you're always starving? Why you can't run like him?"

Zonic scowled and tightened his grip on his own arms. "...Yes, sir. I also refused to eat the energies of my peers. Refusing to eat for long periods of time can result in a Chaos Born growing weaker or losing certain abilities. This is why I am not able to run like Sonic prime on my own, I rejected my own opportunity of power. But," He added. "It's not by choice. It isn't just simply refusing, as our bodies automatically steal from others like a fungus. That is why I purge, so I can return it."

"W-Wait," Tails spoke up. "Sonic's never done that! With all my tests and experiments that he's helped me with, I've never seen him do anything out of the ordinary like that! And shouldn't we all be weak or dead thanks to him...e-eating us?"

That's when the droid interjected. "The Champion was selectively given the right not to feed from others on his planet. The Divine Ones wanted to keep their favorite happy, so for mercy, they kept your friend from eating you and keeping you all alive for nineteen years."

The fox blinked. "But, that means-"

The droid nodded. "Precisely. Your Champion is much more powerful than he shows. He could have been a God of even stronger power than the deities themselves if he ate from you this entire time. With a blink, you'd all fall in less than a second." He looked up at the sky. "And that's why he needs you now. He needs some of your power to permanently extinguish this fool playing the rebel." He smirked. "Don't worry, you won't die. They don't want you all to die yet."

Zhadow made a worried look at Zonic. "Rookie," He said. "Even I do not know what to do in this circumstance. By order of those damn things, all Mobians are to be drained of their power. Isn't there anything we can do to stop that?"

"Even if there was," Zonic replied hopelessly. "Going against the Gods means immediate death. And, if we want Sonic to have a chance," He didn't even use the 'prime' in his respective title. He was truly serious and worried. "We..." He couldn't even finish his sentence. "...I'm sorry, all of you."

Yet again, the same emotion was repeated.

Hopelessness, and despair.

"The only thing we can do," Zonic added. "Is hope that Sonic will eventually figure it out and fight back before it's too late."

Hyper figured they'd be exchanging blows, but that wasn't the case. Now Scourge in this new and better form, was just dodging without breaking a sweat. Hyper Sonic tried to pull as many physical attacks as fast as possible, going millions of nano seconds beyond time, but he was still able to keep up with his movements. This wasn't working. Hyper made a right hook, but Scourge just bounced backwards with a hardy laugh. Damn it. Fine then, another approach. Hyper twisted his body and rose his leg for a spinning kick to the face. Ha! Got 'em. Scourge was sent to the wall, but he landed on his feet and began to run along it, beckoning for Hyper to follow with a middle finger.

Chaos controlling behind him, Hyper jumped up and punched down into the wall with a charged fist, but Scourge still evaded him. The deity stopped chasing after him and watched him closely. Once Scourge got to a safe distance, he made an immediate U turn and chaos controlled in front of Hyper with a swinging left hook. Not anticipating this attack, Hyper was hit, but he didn't get knocked down. He just kicked Scourge away and the two began to share blows like he originally expected. Simultaneously, the two swung at each other and nailed each other in the face. They both got knocked down off of the wall and landed on their backs. But they both recovered quickly, and immediately ascended into the air to fly. They zoomed past each other at inhumane speeds, becoming nothing but colored streaks zipping in the air. They collided many times, trying to knock the other down but they were just about evenly matched.

Once they separated, they both rose their arms to form chaotic energy against their limbs. For Hyper, glowing multicolored aura concentrated against his pale peach arms, forming and materializing into large limbs made of pure chaos. The same went for Scourge, only his were made off black and corrupted power. They both attacked at once with their powered limbs, swinging against each other but clashing each time to no avail. Damn it, no matter what he did, this wasn't going anywhere! Hyper Sonic growled, there had to be something he could do to get the advantage-Oh?

"...Ngh..!" Scourge hesitated in his next attack, giving Hyper enough time to finally land a hard hit onto his body.

Scourge's corrupted chaotic arms were destroyed into embers and he fell down to the ground. Sonic jumped down to land beside his body, and quickly spawned another chaotic blade to end it, until Scourge opened his eyes and chaos controlled a few feet away. Hyper mumbled a curse, almost had him. But what was that hesitation there? Scourge rubbed his left palm against his forehead, hissing in pain. Not from Hyper's attack, but from something else. That's when the hero smirked. He knew what was going on: His plan was finally working. Shadow was doing his job well.

Scourge noticed his smirk and growled. "What did you do to me?!"

"It's simple, really." Hyper began as he despawned his sword. "Remember how you forced your way into my head to steal Fleetway? Well I did the same to you, only reverse. Instead of stealing something from you, I forced something inside of your head: Shadow." He crossed his arms and chuckled. "Now he and Maria are wreaking havoc in your puny brain, and they're gonna destroy you from the inside out. That's why your last attack screwed up, looks like Shads found your control panel. We had this planned the entire time." Hyper said while tapping his forehead as a snarky gesture. "We wanted to play with our super forms first, make you think you had the upper hand, then when you least expect it, shove my boyfriend into your brain to shut you down."

Scourge looked pretty heated at this revelation, but then he slowly calmed himself down. No, he still truly did have the upper hand here. He just leaned back and laughed loudly. "Pretty cool plan Blue," He commended. "And not bad for a useless inorganic waste of life." He raised up a hand, and it almost seemed like it was struggling to rise. Then, concentrated corrupted energy appeared, revealing the reason why he was having difficulty raising his limb. The power he was wielding, it was large. He then closed his hand into a fist, before swinging it down. And as he did, a long strip of scarlet red aura appeared and materialized into a whip with small spikes littered all over it. The chaotic whip cracked, and Scourge revealed his new weapon: "Katar Scourge." He then chuckled evilly before tossing the whip's length upwards and swinging it down towards Hyper.

Hyper blinked at the appearance of the weapon, before moving to dodge the swing. However, Scourge never intended on hitting him with that attack. When the whip landed, it moved on it's own like a snake, the end levitating upwards and instantly darting towards Hyper's legs to wrap around his body like a viper. It squeezed his lower body painfully, it's spikes grinding against his fur and skin to break it. Soon, divine hot pink blood ran down Sonic's legs as he grunted to pull himself out of the whip's hold. Damn it, not only did this hurt, but he could feel that this whip was poisoning him as well. Thinking fast, Hyper placed his hand over the whip's length, hissing as it's spikes stabbed into his hand, and yelled out an attack. "Chaos Aurora!" Abruptly, his hand began spreading a heavenly white glow of power, causing the whip's grip to loosen. Once it lost most of it's hold, Hyper pulled one of his legs out of it's captivity and kicked the rest of the weapon off of his person.

He then whipped his head at Scourge and growled. He made that chaotic sword appear in his hand once more, before charging forward and slashing at his anti-double. Scourge was way more light on his feet now, being able to dodge effortlessly from Hyper's attacks. He even whistled as he blocked a few swings with the blade part of his whip, making up the handle. Damn it, this was really bad. At first, he had Scourge on the ropes. Now he was dodging him as if he was nothing. Not to mention his legs were still bleeding, and they weren't even healing automatically. He had to turn things back around somehow. Hyper raised the sword, taking on a fencer's position, before making several pincer attacks with his chaotic blade. Scourge blocked every single attempt, not even backing away from Hyper's advances. In fact, he made several counterattacks, with each of his blows actually managing to land or graze Hyper. This was causing the divine hedgehog to back up instead, soon backing himself up into a nearby wall.

Then, Scourge smirked and slashed downwards. A long line of hot pink blood appeared across Hyper's chest, and he cried out in pain. He dropped his sword and fell onto his knees, his hand grasping against his chest. No, no no, this wasn't how it was supposed to go! "Looks like Stripes ain't much of a help to you now, is he?" He taunted as he rose his katar with both hands, and struck it down upon the hero. The blade went right through his chest, a big gash appearing on his torso. Hyper gasped in pain, gripping Scourge's wrist to try and make him pull it out. Sweet God, it felt like he struck a lung. His eyes shrunk as he felt his lungs react from being punctured, and he began to panic. Scourge ripped the blade out of him, and kicked him down with a laugh. "Only a few hits, and you're already down. This second phase really is a trump card. Alright Blue," He walked over, his devious shadow growing over his figure. "It's time for me to be the hero this time," His expression lost it's eerie playfulness of the hunt, and faded into a more serious smile of gratitude. "I commend you for putting up a good fight, but it's time to let me win for once."

Hyper Sonic couldn't believe this, there was no way he'd lose! Not this quickly! He was going to brace himself for the final strike, until he realized that Scourge hadn't struck yet. He watched him closely with narrowed eyes to see what the problem was. Scourge was shaking, and he looked like he was trying to push his blade down, but his arm wouldn't budge. He began to sweat, panting as he grunted to try and push down his katar. He was hesitating. That's when the hero realized he knew he had a second chance to gain an advantage over this fight. Shadow must have been interfering with his brain again. If the biohog was here, he would kiss him, because he just saved his ass. Alright, time to move.

Sonic chaos controlled all the way across the throne room, more than enough distance away from Scourge. Okay, he could catch his breath, heal himself, and think of a plan while Shadow kept fucking with him. He needed more power, this was getting too close for comfort. What he was dealing with now wasn't enough to beat Scourge, so he'd have to ask the source for an upgrade. Sonic closed his eyes, and began to connect his wavelength with the being that was possessing his body. "Hyper, this is getting bad. I need more power!" He exclaimed in his mind.

Are you sure, child?

"Hyper, if you don't give me a boost, we'll both die at this rate! I underestimated Scourge, Fleetway isn't pulling any punches! Now quit stalling and give me power!"

Understand, if I give you any more of my strength, your sanity may deteriorate due to your immaturity. You are not yet ready to inherit all of my abilities, and you could die from the strain on your mind. This is a double edged sword, Sonic, as you are playing with the powers of a God. Ogilvie has already accepted his fate from Fleetway's penalty, as he's nothing to lose. But you, the last thing the universe needs is your agonizing death from your own hand.

Sonic made a severely frustrated scowl. "I'm the Champion of All Realities, right? That means I'm the best of the best, I can handle it. If I can't handle you at your best, then I truly am weaker than Scourge. But I'm not, I know I'm not, and I didn't come all this way to lose now." He argued fiercely. "He broke my mind, he destroyed my privacy, he stalked me, he hurt me, he nearly killed me, stole my identity, manipulated me into letting him touch me, and he hurt Shadow. He killed Shadow. This motherfucker will pay for what he's done! I am not leaving this fight empty handed! Now damn it," He gritted his teeth. "Quit fucking lecturing me like your my father, and give me your power! All of it! NOW!" His tone was demanding, harsh and cold. It almost didn't even sound like Sonic. Soon, he wasn't even talking to Hyper through his mind, he was speaking aloud, hollering in the throne room to no one physically present. "I'm the hero! I'm the victor! No one can beat me! And I refuse to let this fucking scum of green horse shit, get the better of me! GIVE IT NOW!"

...

...As you wish.

Sonic couldn't help himself from leering manically at the deity's answer. Soon, he'd be absolute. He mumbled a few chuckles under his breath, before cackling loudly as his hand gripped his bleeding chest. Hot pink blood continued to pool around him, and Scourge was no longer being disturbed from Shadow. He slowly turned around from his side of the room, and carefully glanced at his enemy. His scarlet red pupils then widened. What the-That, t-that wasn't Sonic. Sonic never laughed like some mad man. Was Hyper's power getting to him like how Fleetway was corrupting Scourge? Suddenly, the hero pointed at his anti, and his voice lost that angelic luster. "Take a good look, Scourge!" He yelled. "This, is what you call-" A white aura appeared around him. "-A second phase!" Light beamed down from above, the source of it unknown to his anti. It struck down upon Sonic, obscuring his body from view. The light was so powerful, Scourge had to shield his eyes. The entire room's ruined existence ceased to exist in only seconds. Furniture was fixed, fabric was restored and no longer torn, the walls and floor were perfectly flat and no longer cracked, and the stain glass windows reflected beautiful lights of a spectrum.

Wild flowers bloomed through the small openings of the brick walls, wines and plants soon shrouding the entire room in natural beauty. Scourge looked around frantically. Shit. He thought. Did Sonic ask Hyper for more power? Normally he wouldn't be worried, but this power felt way too strong, almost stronger than himself! But...But it was okay, because Fleetway said he was stronger. Right? He was stronger. He had to be! Before Scourge's eyes, he could see out of one of the restored stain glass windows, that the sun that hid from the world of Moebius for so long, proudly shined in the sky with not a single cloud looming across the atmosphere. Holy fucking shit, this motherfucker just changed the weather! This was bad, that meant he had to be at his peak! Well it didn't matter, because he still had something up his sleeve! He couldn't let Sonic win, he just couldn't.

A shaky gasp left the hero.

The heavenly glow faded away, and Scourge could clearly see him now. Beyond the multicolored mist of his now immense aura, he saw the second phase of the divine hero of Mobius. Nothing much changed besides the disappearance of his wounds and his now much more normal voice, except that his demeanor seemed a lot less...Normal, and a lot more hot and bothered. His fur was changing colors at a faster rate, his eyes were closed tightly, and his muzzle was all pink. His hand was cupping between his legs, and his other hand was covering the side of his face bashfully. What the fuck? "O-Ooohh.." He hissed while licking his pale lips. "Fuuuuck, that feels good...!" He cried. "Ahh..." He stifled a moan as his legs tightened against themselves. He placed a finger in his mouth and opened his half lidded hazy pink eyes towards Scourge. He sucked against the digit, his shoulders shuddering from the feeling of raw power. "Holy shit, this almost feels like sex...No," He said. "It isn't lust," He embraced himself with a drunken smile. "It's love." He made a small pant as he tried to compose himself. "Mmn, g-gimme a minute..." He whispered.

Okay, no.

How about fucking no?

Scourge did not sign up for this shit! Who the hell was this clown?! This wasn't Sonic, and it didn't even seem like it was Hyper! Hyper would never act this provocatively, and Sonic was acting like he was getting his dick wet! But...Wait, they were opposites, right? When Scourge took too much power, it corrupted him as a penalty. So that means, if Sonic took on either Fleetway's or Hyper powers, it would corrupt him in a different way? Not painfully but, with arousal? God, that was just fucking sick. And now Blue's officially given up his persona in order to win against him. He threw out all of his morality and code of ethics all just to be the winner. The normal Sonic wouldn't have done something so stupid, but being possessed by that arrogant son of a bitch must have clouded his mind into thinking he needed it more than anything. No, this is exactly what Scourge feared. Now he'd really have to end this once and for all, he couldn't let Sonic become another statistic! He meant what he said, he was gonna be the winner this time around!

With a war cry, Scourge sprinted forward, swung his whip and attacked. He landed on his target, but his target didn't seem phased. Now slightly panicking, Scourge watched as Hyper Sonic took his finger from out of his mouth and simply leaned over to pluck Scourge right in the cheek. That touch alone, shot the anti directly into the wall. Hyper slowly walked in his direction, giggling loudly as he moved like a puppet. "Heheh, sorry about that," He said. "Guess I hit ya too hard." His knees would slightly shake from each step he took, as if he wasn't even walking on his own. Scourge watched in disbelief as tiny pieces of rubble fell over his head. He was right, this truly was no longer Sonic anymore. "Aw, what's the matter Scourge?" He held out a hand to him. Not to prepare an attack, but to take his hand in his. "Come on, fight me!" He said gleefully. "Let's fight until we can't breathe, until we can't even move!" His hot pink eyes twinkled with an unforeseen malice, and his pupils were the horizontal slits of a demonic false lamb. "Come on! Come on! Let's get our freak on!"

And now, Scourge was positive.

He felt fear.

A-And...A-And even worse, it spreads like a damn virus. Soon, I will also turn mad and become like my mother and father. I will become a tyrant my people won't recognize, enslave them, mate with them, eat them, reproduce, and let the spirits devour my people. Then, they'll just push the reboot button so I can endure this nightmare all over again for future generations!

I-I, I'm going to kill everyone.

I'm going to hurt everyone-I'm going to force myself onto everyone!

No wonder my father kept trying to indirectly kill me, I do need to die! We all need to die! We're all just going to hurt and kill everything we touch, we're monsters! Devils, every single one of us! All of the people whom I've learned to know and love, they're all just going to die by my own hands. And once the spirits get bored of me, I too will be devoured and killed just like them.

And it'll happen again.

And again.

And again.

And again...

Again...

Again...

Not again...

No...Not again...

Suddenly, Hyper reached down and grasped the sides of Scourge's head, and yanked him forward to headbutt him. Scourge grunted in pain, but Sonic wouldn't let go. "Can you feel it? The power that's surging through my body right now? It's amazing!" He said. "Now I see why you stole Fleetway, I mean, who could pass up something like this!?" His eyes twitched erratically as his fingers began pushing harshly into Scourge's cranium. "I can see every country, every continent, every planet, every fucking solar system in the universe, Scourge! It's so vast, it's so fucking cool!" Spit flew onto Scourge's face from Sonic's rapid and insane banter. "Destroying planets? Galaxies? As if! No," He leaned even closer towards Scourge's face, his celestial breath hitting his eyeballs. "I wanna go for the top, baby! I'm talkin' entire realities, whole space time continuums! Everything! I want it all!"

No.

"Come on...! Fight me Scourge!"

N-No...

"Let's do it! Come on! Come on!"

N-No...

"COME ON!"

This, this was Scourge's fear.

This was Scourge's true fear.

Scourge adored Sonic, he treasured him, he was his idol. For him to stoop this low and become such a deranged lunatic, becoming what he was...

Scourge's brows furrowed, and his eyes almost moistened in sorrow. "How could you?" The anti murmured back. Making Hyper raise a brow with a smirk.

"What was that? I can't hear you~" He playfully retorted.

Snarling, Scourge shoved him away. "I said how could you!?" He hollered. "This is exactly what I warned you about, Blue! I told you this would happen! Now you're nothing but their puppet! Why didn't you listen to me?!"

Then, Sonic tilted his head. "Why would I?"

"...?"

"Scourge," Hyper Sonic began in a much more serious tone. "Do you honestly think I'd let you win this way? I don't care if I have to sell my soul to a demon just to beat you. I don't care if I lose myself. As long as I stop you, as long as I kill you and get everything back to normal," He shrugged with the most warming smile he could muster. "I will gladly become anyone's puppet, in order to make you pay for everything that you did. Because I just hate you that much." He winked. "'Kay?"

What?

He-

What?

But-No. He didn't hate him, he couldn't have hated him. He said he felt sorry for him, he said that if things were different, he could have been his best friend. Sonic never said something like this before, not with such joy in his voice. It was one thing for Sonic to be angry at him, but to treat him as if he didn't exist, that was just-That was just plain cruel. Growling, Scourge knew he had to make a comeback. "What, so you can live happily ever after with your fucking phony boyfriend!?" He screamed. "News flash Blue: All you're gonna do is screw him over! Hell, you already have! He's had to save your ass dozens of times since this shit started! You've been torturing the motherfucker, forcing him in fusions, making him tie himself down to a demonic deity that's plaguing your fucking sanity as we speak! You're gonna end up killing him! Don't you get it!? This is pointless! All you're going to do is make things even worse, and do way more damage than I ever could! Listen to me!"

Hyper Sonic hummed to himself as he began to levitate in the air. Scourge continued to yell at him down from below.

"I don't care how much you hate me! I'm doing this for your own good!" He pointed his whip at him in the air. "That fucking thing is gonna use you until we're all wiped out! Then they'll just move onto the next reality and do it all over again! You're a fucking idiot, Sonic!"

Hyper gradually leaned himself backwards while closing his eyes.

"You need to stop this! Give up that fuckin' power right now! Are you listening to me you bastard!?"

Then, Hyper opened them and directed his irises right at his adversary. Rays of heavenly power beamed from his eyes, instantly grazing Scourge on the chest as payback from earlier. Scourge gasped from the sudden attack and was going to retaliate, until he felt something kick him from behind. Hyper had chaos controlled, appeared behind him and roundhouse kicked him in the back.

Scourge was pushed away thanks to this, but he recovered quickly to try and counterattack once more. "Hell Blaze!" He swung down his whip, and it created a wall of black and scarlet red flames from him to Sonic. It landed on Hyper, but all the hedgehog did was walk right through it with a smile. "W-What...!?"

"You know what I'm gonna do once I kill you, Scourge?" He asked matter-of-factly. "I'm gonna marry Shadow. I'm gonna propose to him, and we're gonna get married in the meadow we all fought in." He lightly swayed back and forth as he hummed to himself. "It'll be like a fairy tale, with all the woodland animals frolicking around and watching us say our vows. Then we'll wear our rings, and Shadow'll throw his bouquet in some bimbo's face..." His smile became a crooked grin. "And then I'm gonna make Hyper do a Divine Intervention so we can have kids! We'll reproduce, just like you said! What do you say, Scourge!?" He began to shout. "Would that scare you? Would that hurt you?" He asked. "Would it hurt you even more that I've been fucking with you this entire time?"

...

Oh.

...Oh.

"You know, we Chaos Born are amazing actors. Guess that's one of the few traits you and I share, huh?" He continued to smile as he rubbed his hand down his own arm. "Now don't get me wrong, this power does feel like sex, I wasn't exaggerating that part. But seeing you squirm, seeing you panic that your crush is falling victim to the very thing you fear the most, well, it makes me laugh. Heheheh," He made a light laugh. "See the mind games, all the bullshit emotional toss and turns you put me through, I'm doing it all to you now. Doesn't feel good, does it?" He said with an instant frown as he began marching in his direction. "To have your emotions played with, to have your mind gaslighted into thinking you're nothing but a virus that should have given up? I meant what I said earlier," The floor began to rumble. "I fucking despise you, and I'd happily sign my soul to a ruthless God in order to kill you. Slowly."

"Shut up!" Scourge yelled as he ran forward and moved to swing his whip.

Hyper reacted fast and made his chaotic sword appear, swinging it into the whip to block.

"I'm fucking sick of you!" His anti hollered. "I'm still right, you're still being used like a puppet! That's why you're talking like me, now! You're just a bad as them, asshole!" He growled. "And when I'm done with you, I'm gonna fuckin' disembowel your hubby right in front of you!" He tried pushing his whip more against Sonic's sword, but neither of them were budging. "You really think he loves you? Huh? Let's say you beat me, what then? You're just gonna make him get sick of you, continuing to be nothing but a burden to him! It's only thanks to you that Stripes went through so fucking much! Fuck whatever I did to you, did you ever think about him!? Do you have any idea how much danger you put him in when you shoved him in my head? You shoved your boyfriend in the brain of a deranged criminal who's hellbent on destroying his entire race, that's being possessed by a demon! Him and that stupid human girl, they're probably being fried by Fleetway's power right as we speak! And you so carelessly used them like pawns all just to get me down? You're nothing but another fucking failure, Blue! Treating this like a fucking game!"

Hyper Sonic's eye twitched, and his teeth clenched as his tone quickly became livid. "Oh? And what the hell have you been doing then? All you've done is treat this entire ordeal like nothing but a game of chess! You're the fucking failure here! The second I get on your level, you wanna call me the bad guy? Well let me give you a damn news flash, Ogilvie!" He retorted. "Your plan was doomed from the very fucking beginning! You were never meant to win. You know why? Because Hyper is the one who ultimately writes down history, and I guarantee you, you will not walk away from this fight alive! You put a gun in your mouth the second you disobeyed, so don't act all high and mighty for being a weak rebel who's about to fail. Take your loss like a man, shut up, grit your teeth, and put up, or shut the fuck up!"

"Piece of shit-!" Scourge screamed as he swung his free hand into Hyper's face, landing a left hook right in his cheek. This knocked the deity back, but Scourge didn't stop there. "I'm done toying with you! I'm ending this right here! Right now!" He tossed his whip away, which disappeared into black embers. He then jumped in the air and flew upwards, raising his hands up as he announced his attack. "Black Sun!" And then, a ball of blackness appeared in scarlet red smoky aura. It surged all throughout the room, causing some of the wild flowers that bloomed earlier to wilt a bit.

Hyper Sonic frowned and steadied himself on the ground, keeping himself sturdy and ready for the upcoming attack. He slightly bent his knees and made his sword disappear. He was ready for this attack, and he was ready to fight to the death. That black ball of power became so large, that it broke through the ceiling of the throne room, destroying the top structure of the old castle. The sun's beams of light shined in upon Hyper, and that ball of blackness grew so big that it almost swallowed it up. Then, the sun became a scarlet red, as did the sky. Clouds began moving across the planet at supersonic speeds, birds fell from the sky. Animals died, houses and other buildings broke down instantly. The entire world became corrupted in only minutes.

"DIE!" Scourge launched the ball of destruction.

The black ball destroyed everything in it's wake, and it landed on it's target. As Scourge watched carefully to make sure Sonic stayed down, he sucked his teeth at the sight of his black ball being slightly moved. Hyper grunted as he rose up with both palms planted underneath it, pushing it up off of the throne room's floor to keep it from colliding with him. He then took one hand off and pointed two fingers at it, two beams of multicolored light shooting across and slicing right through it. Soon, the black ball was cut in half, it's form deteriorating from the destruction of its core. It's fading embers flew right back to Scourge, absorbing his power back. Then, he rose his arms once more, with those black embers appearing once more to channel around his hands. They formed against his two limbs, forming ginormous black like claws that dripped that nasty black essence. They looked similar to the arms of the beast Scourge transformed into earlier.

Hyper Sonic watched with ease, his hands balled into fists at his sides.

He was ready.

END - 55

So sorry for the long wait.

Life was...Well it was a mess.

College, family shit, and then this corona virus pandemic, everything's been in absolute chaos. (Heh, no pun intended.)

The bad news is, this story is far from done. The good news is, it's more than halfway finished and hopefully I'll finish this damn thing before the year's over.

For anyone who still is supporting me and reading this crazy ass story, I thank you wholeheartedly. And I hope you've been paying attention~

...Also please quarantine yourselves and wash your damn hands. Too many people aren't taking this virus seriously and it's endangering others.

Please, be safe.