Feeling the need to write today.
Gadget's POV
I safely landed the helicopter in an open field about 40 miles from the research lab. I shut off the engines and all the systems of the chopper, before both me and Infinite got out.
"Whew! That was so awesome and satisfying!" I cheered. My love simply nodded.
"I know, right? So much for their damn doomsday weapon. Now all that's left is to kill the Dictator." He crossed his arms.
I scratched the back of my head. "True, but... how are we gonna pull off an assassination on one of the most dangerous men on Earth? People have tried for years, and nobody was successful." I explained.
"That's because none of them had a proper plan, Gad."
"Well, we need to think of one." I leaped up and sat on the wing of the stealth helicopter. "We can't obviously rush in there and take him out. Heck, is there even a way we can get close enough without getting killed?" I asked him, curious about this plan.
"Believe it or not, Gad, I have a plan." He smirked at me, and I leaned closer to listen. "Drago wanted me personally, to join him in whatever twisted operation he wants my help in. Say... what if we could surrender ourselves to Klondyke, and if luck's in our favour, he'll bring us right to Shamar city. I don't doubt the old bastard wants a few words with us, considering all the damage we've done. Once we're there, we can break out and end him once and for all."
I sighed deeply, and shook my head. "Inf, they'll probably just kill us."
"And if they don't?" Infinite glared sharply into my eyes. I gulped.
"Then maybe we can go with the plan, although I doubt it'll work." I remained skeptical about his plan.
"Do you have any better ideas?" He raised an eye ridge at me, and I simply shook my head. "What I thought. Let's give it a try."
I jumped off the wing, and looked around before giving him a kiss. "Fine." I said, reluctantly agreeing. "They can probably track our helicopter's location, so I don't doubt a squad of soldiers will arrive soon."
It wasn't long before a transport helicopter found us, and shined its bright spotlight onto our faces, I squinted my eyes.
"Infinite the Jackal and Gadget the Wolf, you are under arrest by the CBRN Defense Unit of Shamar. Put your hands in the air, or be fired upon!" We heard the pilot say on the loudspeaker. I cast Infinite a quick glance, before raising my hands in the air. From the corner of my eye, I saw Infinite put his hands up too. Deep inside, I prayed that this would turn out well for us both.
Anthro soldiers lept down from the helicopter, and landed on us both. We didn't resist them as we were forced to the ground, and our hands were put behind our backs. I felt the cold handcuffs be put on my wrists while half my face was buried in snow. I sighed shakily.
Some time later, in Shamar city
"Out, now!" A guard shouted at us as two others pushed us out of the helicopter. I couldn't see anything, since we were both blindfolded before the heli landed. I could hear the noises of a generic city all around me, which indicated that we must be in Shamar City. Why else would they bring us to any other city in this country?
We were pushed inside some sort of building and went through what must have been a few hallways and went up an elevator. Eventually, I was forced to sit in a chair, with a ziptie strapping me to said chair. I struggled a little.
Someone took off my blindfold, and put on my glasses for me. I quickly looked around. I was in a fancy office of some sort, facing a desk with a chair that was facing away from us. There was a big glass window as well. I looked to my left, and saw Infinite being walked by two guards towards a chair placed next to me, but I was caught off guard when the door to the hallway busted open, and Klondyke stepped in. I growled silently.
I saw him huff, and glare angrily at Infinite, who was being seated in the chair, and I saw the brute of a jackal rush towards him and grab him by the throat, lifting him up with one hand. I glared. "LET HIM GO!" I shouted while struggling.
I watched Klondyke tear the blindfold off Infinite's face. "YOU BASTARD! You ruined decades of research! I should just kill you right now."
I watched my love smirk at him. "Aw, too bad, big man. Karma's a bitch."
Infinite grabbed his wrists in vain as he started to be choked. I struggled harder.
"Stop, Klondyke." The chair spun around, revealing none other than the Dictator himself. "All he wants, is for you to kill him. I would prefer to leave him alive." The old man got out of the chair as I watched Klondyke huff angrily and release him.\
"Sir, with all due-"
"I understand what these menaces have done, and I will take care of them. You are dismissed." I noticed Klondyke had this annoyed expression on his face when he said that, and I couldn't help but giggle as I saw him leave angrily.
The guards secured Infinite to the chair next to me, and I looked up at Dragovich. "What do you want?" I muttered.
"So you two are the ones who have started all of this." He walked around us with his hands behind his back. "I cannot believe that two little dogs could have so easily evaded my forces, cause a war, and destroy my research."
Both of us glared, but didn't say anything as he stopped in front of Infinite. "Why couldn't you have accepted my deal? What you could have gained rivals nothing to the Phantom Ruby."
"I didn't accept because that's a damn lie. You wanted to experiment on me, and make me into some sort of freak!" Infinite snapped at him.
The old man sighed. "You were always a disappointment. A true shame, indeed. I wanted to hear what you had to say for yourself. What about you, wolf?" He looked at me, but I decided to remain silent. He walked back to his desk. "Take them away."
Guards untied us for a brief second, but I nodded at Infinite. "Now!" I shouted, and using our deadly skills, we attacked the guards. I did a jump-kick to the guard's face, which knocked him out cold. Infinite took care of the other by jumping around the guard with his arm around their neck, and snapped the guard's neck with ease.
We turned to face the dictator, who backed away against the window in fear. We both grabbed guns from the guards and aimed at him.
"Not so full of yourself, now, huh?" Infinite snarkly asked.
"You are making a mistake, you damn mutt! If you kill me, you are guaranteed to be killed!" He slightly raises his hands as we approached.
"We'll take our chances." I said sternly.
"If you kill me, nothing will be solved! You were too late to destroy my research. I've already sent out a team of insurgents with a vial of my virus to the United Federation. Once they have arrived, and once command has been given, they will release the vial's contents to Empire City."
Infinite scoffed. "You just fucked up by telling us your plan, old man. I don't care if you've sent boys to release it." He went up to him. "Because that's not stopping me from killing you!" Infinite did a whirl kick to Dragovich's stomach hard enough that the force of the blow launched him back through the window. He screamed as he plummeted to his death many floors down.
We both looked down through the broken window, and as it turns out, we were on the top floor of a skyscraper. Down below, we could barely make out the late Dictator's corpse on the ground. I stepped back a bit and looked at my love. "We need to stop them, Infinite." I said.
He nodded. "Let's find a way out of here." I turned around, and noticed something glowing red in a slightly open drawer in the desk. I opened the desk, and to my absolute surprise, was the red Chaos Emerald. I picked it up and showed Infinite.
"This can't be real." He took the Emerald and observed it carefully. It was indeed, a real Chaos Emerald.
"I don't believe it!" I exclaimed. "The Emeralds vanished after Sonic got captured during the war. The Shamarians must've stolen them when the war started.
Inf crossed his arms. "Dragovich is a lot more of an idiot than I thought. Why not put that in a secret safe?" I shrugged.
"I'm not complaining. We gotta get out of here before the guards arrive."
As I said that, Klondyke, and a load of armed guards arrived. I took the Emerald, raised it in the air, grabbed Infinite's hand and shouted "CHAOS CONTROL!" just as I saw Klondyke lunge at us with this glare of hatred. We teleported just before he got to us.
3rd Person POV
Klondyke gasped as the two teleported out of sight. Because he had lunged in their direction, he nearly fell out of the broken window, but grabbed the ledge at the last second. He looked down for a moment, before using his strength to climb back into the building. He growled and exclaimed angrily as he punched a hole in the wall. He repeatedly started punching and breaking the wall.
"DAMN IT!" He shouted, as the guards watched him in bewilderment. He eventually calmed down as the Shamarian Chief of Security approached him.
"C-captain Chernessky, I have news to deliver. The Dictator is now confirmed to be dead. He did not survive the fall." Klondyke panted angrily.
"So what now?" He asked.
"Now, once the public discover about this, the nation will descend into chaos. You must leave, for your own good and safety." The man looked at him.
"So what, I'm being kicked out?" Klondyke asked, and he got a nod in return. He sighed. "Fine. But I'm not letting go of this. Arrange me a flight to the United Federation. I will kill Infinite and his gay lover myself, if its the last thing I do."
Just an FYI, for those who don't know, the Super Sonic DLC for Sonic Forces is considered non-canon here. Anyways, there's only a few chapters left of this story! Two years later, and its almost finished!