CHAPTER 3

A week went by and things were getting slightly better for Avery. She had all of the support from her allies. She had some concerns. She worried about what everyone would think of her son for being a jackal-dog half-breed. Even worse, if they knew that he was Infinite's son... Avery had decided on a name for her son. She was the only survivor of her squad that got slaughtered by Infinite. That was when he taunted her and savored her fear. Leaving her alive as a form of torment...and so he could screw her later. Her closest friend in that squad was a wolf named Forest. She decided to name her son in his memory: Forest.

Today, Avery needed to make a late night trip to the grocery store. Forest was now causing her to get some cravings. No car today. The big pile of junk broke down. She didn't mind walking the three-quarter mile to the grocery store. Taking in the night air was very relaxing to the dog. And she enjoyed listening to the interactions of her fellow Mobians. Everybody practically knew everybody after the war and the crime rate plummeted. That's the miracle of rebuilding.

After leaving the grocery store with a bag full of canned whitefish and some baby clothes, Avery decided to take a shortcut through a patch of woods that she loved. It was a very relaxing place and she always walked through here prior to the war. The dog went deeper and deeper, taking in the sounds and smells of the woods. She enjoyed listening to crickets chirping. Peace...bliss...

"Hello again." A commanding voice intoned behind her. Avery's dropped her grocery bag in shock and her blood ran cold. She had never hoped to hear that voice again. She turned around slowly and there he was. Infinite. Very much alive. He was different from before. He wasn't wearing his mask. He seemed more scruffy looking. There was a visible scar on his chest where the Phantom Ruby prototype used to be, but now he seemed even crazier than when he had it implanted in him. What hadn't changed about Infinite was the fact that he was still grinning that awful grin.

"I didn't wear the mask this time, if that makes you feel better." the jackal sneered. Avery tried taking some steps back, but she couldn't do it fast enough. It wasn't long before Infinite had her backed into a tree.

"Go away. What more do you want from me?" Avery whimpered.

"Now that the war is over, I thought that we should... continue our little relationship." Infinite teased as he pinned Avery up against the tree. He licked his muzzle at the thought of doing this again after so long. He had returned to the female he previously claimed and he would reassert his claim.

"W-What?" Avery cried.

"You don't get it? What I want is you". He replied. He then lunged forward and kissed Avery roughly. Avery was in flight mode now, but she couldn't outrun this predatory monster. He was going to continue tormenting her even without his powers from the Phantom Ruby prototype. He then broke the kiss.

"Oh how I missed doing that." Infinite growled.

"Well I didn't. You're deluded if you think I would ever love you!" Avery retorted. She wasn't gonna have anymore of this. And with that, Infinite pulled her into a rough embrace and began to nuzzle her neck.

"You're not really a good liar." Infinite muttered as he took in her scent. "You love it when I'm rough with you." He then nipped at her neck and Avery let out a breathy gasp.

"See?" Infinite chuckled. "You want more and I'll give you more." He then pulled the stunned dog into another hungry kiss. The jackal was telling the truth. Avery DID want more, albeit involuntarily. Oh God, this was so damn wrong...

Infinite surprised Avery by tugging at her waistband, making her gasp and allowing him to slip his tongue into her mouth. He had missed the taste of this female and without the Doctor breathing down his neck, he had no reason to fear being disciplined for this. Infinite knew how to make her moan. He planned to have Avery laying down, curled up into his chest and begging for more like the little whore that his deranged mind thought she was. He desired to see her broken completely and dependent on him and he would do so in such a highly personal way.

Avery was...sort of enjoying herself. That sick and depraved voice inside her head began speaking again. He's not so bad. Not only is he good at what he does, he's so damn hot...if you start a relationship with him, maybe you can change him...That's it. Avery had enough of letting her base passions guide her actions. Infinite was only good for a brief thrill that made the superficial part of her throw herself in his lap and beg for sex. Infinite can't be redeemed. No amount of sex will change him. Avery's voice of reason stated. Once a monster, always a monster.

Avery didn't know how she did it, but she pushed Infinite off her. Even he was taken aback.

"No. I'm done letting you intimidate me! I'm done having you in my life! Just...leave me alone!" The now confident dog cried out.

"I love it when you play hard-to-get." Infinite snarled, licking his fangs. He grabbed Avery by her hair and pulled her back towards him, making the dog yelp in pain.

"I really don't want to kill you. But you'll leave me with no choice, if you continue to resist." Infinite said as he reached down into his right boot and pulled out a nasty looking knife. Avery's eyes went wide when she saw what looked like dried blood stains on the edge of the blade. Did he kill someone...or multiple people prior to meeting me here? Avery decided that she was better off not knowing. The jackal then pulled her towards him and placed the blade a mere inch from her throat. Avery began to hyperventilate. She was more terrified of Infinite now than she was when he had his power. Using a filthy, unsanitary knife seemed far more personal than using life-like illusions.

"Like I said, I'd really hate to kill such a lovely female like yourself. But now that I think about it...it wouldn't be such a big loss. After all, that pink hedgehog that follows Sonic around seems pretty cute..." Infinite grinned.

Oh God. This monster would hurt Amy! The thought of Amy, the always bright and sunny Amy, being turned into the same brutalized and violated mess as Avery herself made the dog furious. She didn't care that this beast could easily end her life right now. She would not let Infinite hurt more people. Avery was going to defy him openly and let out all of her thoughts. She said the only thing she could say.

"You know something? I actually used to think you were rather handsome and could actually be turned away from Eggman...and maybe I could have started a relationship with you, but no...underneath that lovely exterior, you're just a sick, insane freak that deserved to die in the war. I was wrong. Sonic was wrong. You're an irredeemable monster." Avery blushed in embarrassment when she noticed Infinite grinning broadly. He only cared about the first part of the sentence. She had called him handsome. Her and her big mouth.

"How sweet...I love you too." the jackal sneered mockingly. He dropped his knife and began to paw at Avery's clothes. Avery screamed loudly. Infinite shut her up by pushing her to the ground and crawled on top of her with a crazed look in his eye.

"Just so you know, I missed doing this also." Infinite growled. Then out of the corner of his eye, he saw the bag of groceries that Avery dropped. His curiosity was peaked when he noticed all of those whitefish cans in there.

"The hell?" Infinite said. He jumped off Avery and strolled over to the bag to inspect it's contents.

"Ew. You actually eat this crap?" He said looking at a can and threw it away deep into the forest. Then he noticed something stranger in the bag. Baby clothes. Infinite picked them up and stared at them with a puzzled expression on his face. Did I actually get this dog...

"You got me pregnant." Avery finished his thought while pulling herself up and trying to wipe the dirt off her clothes. The jackal's eyes widened in surprise.

"What." He said flatly.

"You heard me! You did this to me!" She shouted. "I'm now h-" She didn't get to finish her sentence. Infinite had dashed back over to her and pulled up her shirt. The dog yelped. He began to sniff at her belly. What the hell?

"You have a child growing inside you. My child..." Infinite muttered. "That's not my problem."

"WHAT!? You did this to me! You have as much responsibility as me!" Avery yelled. She briefly wondered if she could make Infinite pay for child support, if that was even possible for a formerly god-like being. Infinite walked away disinterested to retreive his knife.

"You're an idiot if you think someone like me is gonna stick around and help raise a kid." Infinite replied smugly while toying with his knife. "I think I've had enough for today. Take care of our child for me." And with that, Infinite ran off deeper into the forest and disappeared into the darkness.

Avery's spirit was rebroken. Infinite was still alive and was still going to torment her in person. She almost wished that he still had the Phantom Ruby prototype implanted in him. At least then, Infinite wasn't this much of a lust-crazed psychopath. What was he gonna do to her? Keep on raping Avery even if it meant she had a lot more half-breed kids and leave her to take care of them herself? She had a very horrific thought of something that could happen after Forest is born. Her thought involved Infinite breaking into her apartment to rape her while Forest listened from his bedroom. Forest would learn that he's getting a little brother or sister the next day.

Oh great. Now I'm scared to go back to my own home. Is there anywhere I can go where I'm not frightened? Infinite doesn't know where I live...or at least I hope he doesn't. And...Sonic. I better call Sonic about this. Infinite is alive and all of my team needs to know that. And of course Sonic...he understands me the best...

As for the current direction of this fic, I see two possible options. I haven't decided yet.

Option 1: I will slowly move this fic towards a Sonic/Avatar direction after all the Infinite/Avatar dubcon that's been going on. This is probably the most likely option. Sorry Infinite fans, but at this point he's too damn crazy to have consensual sex.

Option 2: Still continue with the Infinite/Avatar dubcon and maybe, just maybe, Infinite will be redeemed. I consider this very unlikely. I've made the decision to make Infinite even worse after the Phantom Ruby prototype was removed from him and well, how many violent pseudorapists have you seen redeemed?

Oh and the next chapter is gonna be a real treat: An Infinite-centric interlude that takes place shortly before this chapter.