Sonic and the Olympians
Chapter 6:
Sonic and Corinna stood at Apollo's lifeless like body. The curse was starting to leave Apollo, thinking he is dead, which this was the time Sonic he knew he had to seal it so that it won't travel around causing havoc or coming back to Hecate. He sealed it and sighed when his thoughts came back to the people.
"I hope there's still time for Apollo to heal the people before they start dying." Sonic said. Then, the arrow faded and the wound it left healed itself within seconds. The silverish white hedgehog slowly waken up. When he saw Corinna and Sonic, he went on one knee and bowed his head.
"Thank you Corinna, for saving me. I knew you would do anything to help me and the other gods." Apollo said as Corinna smiled. Apollo turned to Sonic, he knew that this blue hedgehog wearing red shoes saved him, so he smiled.
"And I also want to thank you too, blue hedgehog. You are a true hero."
Sonic gave a thumbs up.
"It was nothing, besides, call me Sonic." Sonic said. "But we have no time. Hecate made you affect the people of Athens with diphtheria, and many of the people are dying."
"I saw what I was doing, but I couldn't stop myself. The curse inside me was too strong beyond my control. Now, to fix my mistakes, I must go and heal the people. Come Sonic and Corinna, both of you will help me." He said. To Sonic, he really wanted to make things right again, and he should since he nearly killed all the citizens of Athens in one day, but he had no control and it wasn't his fault.
"No, Apollo, you and I will go and heal the people. Sonic now needs to save your twin sister because Hecate also sent her out to cause another devastation to Greece, but this time she wants Artemis to kill off all the game so that Greece's people will starve." Corinna said when they started off into the city.
"Very well then. Do what you must do Sonic, save my sister while Corinna and I go and save these people. I just know in no time Greece will be once again peaceful and free from such wickedness."
"He will, he's is Greece's hero after all! He already saved Aphrodite, Heracles, and now you. He'll sure save your sister and the remaining gods. He'll also bring Zeus's lighting bolts back without a doubt!" Corinna happily commented.
"Alright then, let's go!" Sonic said as he started to run off. In to time he sped out of Athens, but he realized he didn't mention where Artemis could be, he wondered should he go back quick to ask Corinna.
"Sonic! The forests were the wild animals live is in the north, that's were you might find Artemis!" Corinna said to Sonic by telepathy.
"Wow, she can also talk to me by telepathy? That's cool, but why didn't she used telepathy this whole time until now?" He questioned.
For some reason he started to feel something deep inside him telling him to watch out. It reminded him that he doesn't know a lot of Corinna, and she doesn't know him that well too. Like now he didn't knew she can talk to him by using telepathy. She might've had a reason why, probably to not interfere when he's saving a god or he was too far away from her for her to use it. But still, as he continued running to the north of Greece, the feeling deep inside of him again was telling him to be careful, and also prepare for the unexpected. This reminded him of two other ladies he helped years back, both wanting what's right, but they done things that were wrong. The previous lady he helped was Merlina, he trusted her a lot until he realized she used him to get a sword that was filled with power so she can used it for herself. He forgave her and understood why, but that made him more cautious of future adventures with someone he was helping.
"Maybe this time is different, Corinna really seems scared of Greece being destroyed, and she did went through the trouble of finding me to help." He thought as he shook his head, thinking he might be jumping to conclusions.
Moments ago, Hecate paced back and forth in her throne room. With her hands behind her back and her head low, thinking what to do, her soul was raging in anger and disgust. Her hatred of Sonic and the Olympians was growing, she now understood that the blue hedgehog from another time was a bigger threat to her plans on destroying Greece and what Zeus and the Olympians have made. She watched everything from her glass ball what Sonic and Corinna was doing to save Apollo, a god she sent out as another tragedy. After he was no match to Sonic and his blazing speed and his suddent excellent skill in archery, she must figure a way to stop him once and for all. She stopped pacing when an idea came to her, she smirked in satisfaction of her brilliant plan.
"Since Zeus's children can't handle that blue hedgehog, then I must go and confront him!" She raced to her glass ball and commanded it to find were Sonic is. He was talking to Corinna and Apollo. Suddenly, Hecate watched Sonic race out of Athens as Apollo and Corinna went a different way.
"Hm, so it seems that the blue hedgehog is on his own for now, and it looks like he's looking for Artemis." She commanded her ball to look for Artemis. It focused on her in a forests, and with every animal she touched, it died.
"Perfect! Now for my plan to work." She focused the ball on Sonic again. Then, she spoke a spell in Greek. The spell overwhelmed her with great power and feeling unstoppable. She laughed evilly and said,
"Oh great power, the power that makes me what I am, I command you to let me talk to Sonic, but let me talk in the voice of my sister Corinna!"
It made her speak telepathy to Sonic, so "Corinna" said:
"Sonic! The forest were the wild animals live is in the north, that's were you might find Artemis!" When she used her spell, it faded. Sonic continued to run, but Hecate smiled because she could tell that he got the message.
"Perfect." She thought. She left her throne room and headed out the door of her dark, hidden palace.
"Now, let's get things started! By the power of me, take me to the north!" She commanded. So she was teleported to her destination, she was going to meet Sonic the Hedgehog for the first time.
It took Sonic ten minutes to head up north. He knew he was close because the vegetation was becoming more thick.
"This must be the forest up north." He thought to himself. So he slowed his run to a jog, and then a walk. He found a hill that was like an entrance to the forest. The sky was light blue with a touch of orange because it was the evening. A light breeze blew by, making the tree's branches, bushes and grass dance with the evening flowers of different colors that were growing strong and beautiful in the ground. So far, it felt, peaceful. However, something was missing, and that was the animals living in forests. Sonic took noticed that there was not a single bird singing its sweet song in the trees, and not one hare frolicking in the grass. Sonic continued up the hill knowing this is were he should first look for Artemis.
"I remember Artemis is the goddess of the hunt and archery, she'll be using her own special type of bow and arrows. And if so, I have to stay alert. She could be anywhere when I'm not expecting." He thought to himself as he got his bow and arrow ready.
When he came to the top of the hill, he smelled a strong, foul smell, as if something was dead. It made him gag so he covered his nose. Then he look ahead of him as the smell got stronger, it horrified him. Dead animals laid on the grassy ground. From hares, wild cats, deer, squirrels, and bears, all were decaying, they must have recently been dead, but the smell of the wild animals were like they have been here longer, but they were only dead just about an hour ago. He was too late, Artemis killed almost all the game, now the people won't be able to bring food home for their families. Sonic was in disbelief.
"It may not be too late, I can still save the game. Artemis must be still here." Sonic thought as he slowly walked into the forest, still covering his nose and keeping his guard up. He listened carefully, he only heard the soft wind blowing the leaves and feeling the uneasiness that overwhelmed the forest. Meanwhile, someone is hiding behind a tree, not that far as it watched carefully at Sonic. She didn't took her evil eyes off of him as she smiled with satisfaction.
"Perfect, now here's my chance to finally hid of that hedgehog!" She thought excitedly. She turned to look at Artemis who was right behind her, waiting for her master's very command. Artemis was a bat like person. Her white fur with tall boots make her a well known goddess because of not only her looks, but how important she is to Greece. The people look up to Artemis and give her more respect than the other gods, including her father Zeus! This is because she supplies them with game, and she teaches the young women to be strong. Without her and her strong independent spirit, Greece would be nothing.
"You did well my slave, so better then the other gods ever did with what I commanded them to do. I wasted my precious time on them, but you have succeed to my expectations."
"Thank you, master." Said Artemis. "Should I deal with that blue hedgehog?"
"No, you stay here until I call your name, I want to deal with that hedgehog myself!" She said as she continued to follow Sonic, she made sure her movements were quiet and that she perfectly hid behind the thick trees. Artemis teleported up a nearby tree, waiting to be called.
"Now, it's time to get things started." She spoke a spell in Greek and disappeared.
Meanwhile, Sonic got more into the forest, so far he hadn't seen Artemis or Hecate, he wondered if they weren't here after all, he was going to give up searching for them.
"It's over anyway, the damage has been done. All the game are almost dead and, I guess, Hecate won." He thought disappointedly.
"Sonic!" He turned to see Corinna running to his direction.
"Corinna, Artemis got here first, and I guess that means I didn't made it in time to save the game. I'm so sorry, I tried to get here as fast as I could." He said. Saying this made him feel mad inside. He's always and will always be the fastest, not making it in time to save the game made him feel like a failure, which is something he hates to feel.
"That's fine, Sonic, the people didn't needed them anyway." What Corinna said made Sonic confused.
"Why would you say that? I thought you were concerned that the people would starve." He reminded her. He was going to say something else when he noticed her hair had small streaks of purple before her hair turned completely black. Her eyes went from blue to brown, and her appearance changed from looking like Corinna to someone that was dressed like she was both a huntress and a maiden, her skirt went to her knees. Right away Sonic thought it was Artemis.
"Oh, no, It's you, Artemis!"
"Correction, blue hedgehog, I'm Hecate, you're worse nightmare and Greece's future rightful ruler!" Even though he was preparing himself to find Hecate, at this moment Sonic was completely stunned. This was the Greek goddess that's been causing so much heart ache and destruction. The one that cursed the Olympians, the one that stole Zeus' lighting bolts, and the one that's right in front of him.
"Well, well, well, fancy seeing you here Hecate." Said Sonic as he got an arrow pointed at her. "I was wondering where have you been all this time. Though I do got to give you credit for all you're doing. If you weren't doing all of these things now we wouldn't be here with our meet and greet." This made Hecate laugh.
"I've seen all what you done Sonic, and I'm very impressed. For a hedgehog from another time, you certainly have a lot of power and strength to... take the curses out of the Olympians I put in without a problem. And also stopping the destruction that they almost leave behind."
"Thanks for the nice compliments, it's what I do best!" He said which sounded a little arrogant.
"But they were just tests to you, so now you're dealing with a true, powerful goddess. A goddess with much more power then Zeus himself! And just to see how "powerful" your truly are, I must test you to see your true self and strength! So prepare for what you have not seen yet!" She levitated in the air as she emitted a dark purple energy orb. Right away Sonic knew it wasn't the right time to use his bow and arrows, so for now he has to use his speed and spin dash until the right moment comes. He spin dash on a nearby tree in time when Hecate lash out energy orbs. Darting from tree to tree he knew he had to do something quick. He spun around Hecate so fast that lots of branches, leaves and dirt swirled around her, making it hard for her to see. Sonic jumped into a thick tree and hid in it, he hopes now that he can take her down with his arrows. He saw that he only have ten left, so he has to make each one count. He saw her stop and was looking around for him.
"Now's my chance!" He got an arrow and jumped out of the tree. At this very moment he finally had her guard down and knew that he was going to win this. The adrenaline was overwhelming, but Sonic knew this feeling all too well when it came to situations like this. Just when he was about to release the arrow, something with a strong force hit him from behind. The shock and impact was so hard that Sonic didn't had time to react or see what and who hit him. He found himself flying in the air and lost hold of his bows and arrows. He hit the ground and was unconscious for a few seconds.
Author's notes:
I thank you for reading my sixth chapter of "Sonic and the Olympians!" If you haven't read any of the previous chapters yet, then please do or give this a like, a review or follow me because I'll be making more Fanfics in the future! From now on, I'll be publishing future chapters whenever I can. It would be easier for me if I work on a chapter when I can then trying to rush them out because I don't want to rush this story, but work on it on my own pace. Also, if you didn't know, this story was inspired by two Sonic games named Sonic and the Secret Rings, and Sonic and the Black Knight, but I do not own anything from those games, and they rightfully belong to SEGA!
I do not own Sonic or any of the Sonic the Hedgehog characters, they rightfully are owned by SEGA. However, I do own credit to Corinna, who is my Greek Original Character maiden in this story that is helping Sonic to defeat Hecate. With that being said, I'll see you in the next chapter!