Chapter Eight: The Brotherhood Fall Out
After Infinite disappeared, all the guys stood up, and brushed off the dirt they were covered in from the mud they landed on. The rain was still heavy at this point.
"Great, now what do we do?" Sonic wondered.
"DON'T YOU GET IT?! There is NOTHING we can do now! He has all the Chaos Emeralds, and the Master Emerald for that matter! You know what that means?! We can't stop him, we can't stop the Emerald's powers, and we can't win, and we can't beat Infinite!" Knuckles snarled.
"Don't act negative, Knuckles! The Emeralds only have a limit until they run out of powers! We just wait then, and then we strike!" Sonic replied.
"See?! That is your problem, Sonic! You do NOT listen to anything that is being said! He has the Master Emerald, they control the Chaos Emeralds! He can even control it to be limitless!" Knuckles snarled.
"Well then, we'll stop him before he does it!" Sonic retorted.
"You are an IDIOT! I don't even know why I am explaining anything to you anymore! If you wanna go risk your life to get killed by him, feel free! You're on your own! I am done here! I quit!" Knuckles turned away from the group and walked away.
"Really, Knuckles?! You're gonna give up on us like that, without even trying?! You have nowhere to go, but your sunken Island!" Sonic yelled angrily.
Knuckles heard this, and turned to face Sonic, he walked back towards him, and threw a right hook to his jaw. Sonic drops to the floor. Tails kneels down, and tries to help Sonic.
"Fuck you! Here was a moment I wanted to fully respect you, Sonic, but right now, I don't wanna see you, or anyone here again! Not that it matters anyway, we are all gonna die regardless!" Knuckles then turns away, and fully walks off into the darkness.
Sonic then sits up, and wipes the blood dripping from his mouth.
"Fine! Well then go! Be a quitter! At least we can say that we've tried, unlike you who doesn't give a fuck!" Sonic snarled.
"Well actually, he does have a point. How can we stop him, if he has all the powers in the world?" Shadow added.
"Oh no, Shadow! Now you too! Of all the people I never would have expected to give up, actually is quitting on me too!" Sonic raged.
"Think what you want, Sonic. But unlike you, I use my instincts. So now we can't save anybody, we may as well watch the world burn at this point. I'm leaving too, hope to see you all in hell." Shadow stated.
After that, he also turned his back and started to walk away.
"Shadow, don't do this to us! We can still stop him without help!" Tails pleaded.
"And that is your problem also, Tails. You listen to everything Sonic says, and you always need help from others. No wonder you're the weakest of the four." Shadow continued to walk away.
"Why do people keep saying that?! I am not fucking weak!" Tails snarled.
"You contradict Tails for being weak, yet look who's walking away! Then again you cared for nothing anyway, all you ever cared about was Maria, on the Ark. You love nothing and nobody, and you're taking your anger out on us, just because you were too slow to save her!" Sonic mocked.
Shadow as he walked away has sad tears flowing from his eyes.
"That is where you are wrong, Sonic." Shadow stated to himself.
Sonic then stands up, and Tails looks up to the sky.
"I am not weak!" Tails stated with a sad tear falling from his eye.
"What are we supposed to do now?!" Sonic also stated, with a sad tear falling from his eyes too.
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(Sonic singing)
I'm sinking, I'm sinking
I've no idea what the hell I was thinking
My past mistakes are dipped in my shame
I never guessed I'd be in my twenties
Hoping desperately it would lead to something
I marked down the days
Would these things ever change?
(Tails singing)
Or would they stay the same?
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Sonic clutches his chest with his hands, while Tails spins his two tails, and flies upwards for a closer look at the stars.
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(Sonic singing)
So there I am
With my heart within my hands
Searching for
(Tails singing)
This chance be something more
I've feared that it's gone
And I'll try my best to hold on
But I'm slipping now
With nobody to catch me
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Sonic walks over towards a lake, and collapses on all fours and looks at his reflection. Another sad tear drops from his eye.
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(Sonic singing)
With nobody to catch me
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Meanwhile with Knuckles, he was back at the location where Angel Island was, and he saw that the whole Island was in the ocean. He glides over towards the Island, and lands on it. He was so angry with the state of it, he punches many rocks that he saw.
And with Shadow, it was unknown where he was. He was still in the forest somewhere, and he used Chaos Spear to destroy rocks and trees in anger.
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(Knuckles yelling/singing)
My heart beats with time
With this sound, with this sound
The ticking clocks constantly counting down
I never guessed I'd be in my twenties
This hole in my chest that leaves me with nothing
(Shadow yelling)
THE MEMORIES' UP IN FLAMES
WITH JUST MYSELF TO BLAME
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Back with Tails, he was looking at the stars, and then he looks into the horizon, and saw Angel Island in the ocean. Sad tears fell from his eye.
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(Tails singing)
Do you remember the days?
Where we told ourselves
That we will never be like them
And now we've spoke on the wheel of bullshit
I promised you
That there was way more to life than this
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Shadow collapses in front of a stone, and he also sheds sad tears. He places both arms on the stone, and place
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(Tails singing, Shadow yelling)
I swear I've tried too hard (TRIED TOO HARD)
Can't believe this is falling apart (FALLING APART)
I've fought to get so far
Only to fail, only to fail
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Sonic stands up, and looks into the horizon. Tails also flew back downwards, and landed on the ground.
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(Sonic singing)
So there I am
With my heart within my hands
Searching for
(Tails singing)
This chance be something more
I've feared that it's gone
And I'll try my best to hold on
But I'm slipping now
With nobody to catch me
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Back with Shadow, he angrily punches the stone, and tears flows out even more. Sonic places his hands on head, with tears also flowing from his eyes too.
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(Shadow singing)
I've tried so hard
To feel like how I use to
(Sonic singing)
I'd rather feel the pain
Than nothing at all
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Back with Knuckles, he was at the alter where the Master Emerald once was, and he punches the pillars in anger, and the palace collapses around him, shedding sad tears in his eyes. Tails continues to look into the stars, with tears in his eyes too.
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(Knuckles singing)
I've fought so hard
To try and break this cycle
(Tails singing)
The failure I'm forced to meet
Each and every day
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What will become of them now, now that there is no way to stop Infinite?