I actually wasn't planning on writing an Infinite harem-fic. I was asking if you guys liked the general idea of such a thing. Apparently the answer is "yes".

CHAPTER 16

"HEY! OVER HERE YOU UGLY FREAK!" Amy glanced over to see that Sonic and Tails had arrived. Infinite let out an angry growl and redirected his hand towards the blue hedgehog.

"TAILS! BE CAREFUL!" Sonic shouted. The young fox wasn't. Sonic could only watch in horror as his young friend was hit by the bolt of bloody fire. It was horrible. Watching his best friend writhing in pain and agony on the ground as he was burned to death. There was nothing Sonic could do.

Amy let out a cry and turned and ran away. She didn't know why she did it, but she did. Charmy, Vector and Tails. All dead. Amy hated Infinite for what he did, but what could she do? There was no sneaking up on him again at this moment. Then it hit her. I'm no match against Infinite, but maybe I can help...Shadow. Amy dashed as fast as she could. Was Shadow alright? Last she saw him, he was struggling against that thing. Was he dead or not?

Sonic knelt down to the ground to look at Tails' body. He could not believe that his best friend was now...dead. Sonic could only stare at Tails' body. It was at that moment that he noticed the same thing that Espio noticed. The fire was not dying down. It was still burning brightly and not losing it's intensity. What did Infinite do? This is not a normal fire. It's almost like it's not a...wait a minute. It hit Sonic like a sack of bricks. He knew exactly what Infinite was doing. Sonic angrily stood up and glared at the jackal.

"Aren't you gonna thank me that I gave you time to grieve before I kill you?" Infinite sneered.

"I should have known you were doing the same old tricks as last time!" Sonic yelled. Infinite was confused.

"You're just using illusions again! That fire isn't real!" Sonic continued. "Tails, Vector, Charmy. They aren't dead at all! Release them right this instant!" Infinite was outraged at this accusation. This blue bastard is accusing ME of using those same old pathetic illusions! My powers are REAL this time! They feel real! There's no way those emeralds gave me a fake power! That's impossible!

"That's all you got!" Infinite said as his scars began to glow again. "Little more than LIES!? All you can do is taunt me? What a waste. I wanted a real fight from you. My powers are very much real and I will show you now." Infinite's scars began to glow very bright. Brighter than ever before. Sonic, Rouge and Espio had no choice but to look away as Infinite charged up his power. Sonic stood his ground. What he's doing is just another illusion. I'm sure of it. I'm not backing down.

Amy took a peek into the corridor that she was previously in. That thing was clearly wearing down Shadow. The black hedgehog was able to hold off the creature for quite some time, but even he did not have unlimited stamina. The Ultimate Lifeform was on the verge of defeat. Fortunately for Amy, that creature's back was to her. She whipped out her Piko Piko Hammer and ran towards that thing.

WHACK!

The creature let go of Shadow and fell down to the ground. Amy continued her assault on the thing. WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! It was clearly angered, but would not go down.

"Amy, forget it! Let's get out of here!" Shadow said while grabbing Amy to drag her out of there. Though those creatures were strong, they were not very fast. Once they felt they were far enough, they stopped to catch their breath.

"T-Thanks for helping me." Shadow gasped. He couldn't talk anymore after that. Amy suddenly grabbed Shadow by the shoulders and lunged forward, pressing her lips against his. Shadow was frozen in shock. Amy soon realized what she was doing with Shadow and her eyes widened. She pulled away and the two hedgehogs just stared at each other, not sure what to do next. A bright light was growing off in the distance and that snapped the two out of their trance.

Amy and Shadow would have plenty of time to question what they did later. Right now, they had to go help Sonic.

The light was glowing so bright, it almost burned to even look at it. Out of the corner of his eye, Sonic noticed Amy and Shadow running up, but they too stopped as soon as the light grew too painful for them. Sonic stood firm while glancing away from the light. What was going on? What was Infinite going to do now? Sonic thought.

Just as soon as the light seemingly reached it's peak, it died down in an instant. A shrieking feral howl pierced the air. Infinite was now visible and was covered in the same bloody fire that he used on his previous victims. He flailed in pain before collapsing on the floor. Sonic and his allies stared at the burning jackal in shock. What just happened? Soon Infinite's screams died down...and so did the fire. As the fire died down, the Sol Emeralds suddenly appeared out of Infinite, levitated for a bit before falling to the ground.

"Look!" Amy yelled. Sonic turned over to see Tails on the ground with no fire consuming him. The young fox was still alive, but unconscious. Espio noticed the same thing with Charmy and Vector. They too were unconscious, but not dead.

Sonic walked over Infinite. As with Tails, Charmy and Vector, the jackal was merely unconscious. Rouge pushed her way past Sonic, pulled out a pair of handcuffs and slapped them on Infinite's wrists.

"Care to explain what just happened?" The bat asked. Sonic thought about it for a minute and then realized that he had an answer.

"Blaze. She did imply that the Sol Emeralds were sentient." Sonic said as he collected the Emeralds. "Maybe they rejected Infinite because he wasn't worthy. Possibly because he was so damn evil." A grin began to grow on Sonic's face and he let out a small chuckle. "I guess they gave him illusionary powers as a way of insulting him. He always craved real power and he didn't get it." Sonic froze in his tracks.

"What's the matter?" Amy asked.

"Avery. I gotta go help her." Sonic replied and he dashed back to that room. I gotta make sure she's okay. Those things could have done something to her.

Avery couldn't hold off these things anymore. Not only were her muscles sore from all the thrashing, she had been pricked several times by those needle organs and her blood had been drained. It wasn't long before one of those things held her down firmly and planted it's eye close to her vagina. The needle organ began to extend close to her vagina. I'm sorry Forest. Please forgive me.

Just as soon as that organ brushed up against her vaginal lips, those things were starting to fade away. Avery's eyes widened in shock. Soon they were gone and back as paintings on the wall. What just happened? Were they merely...illusions? Was Infinite using illusions again? Avery lay there for a bit, trying to gain her strength. Once she felt that she could stand up, she did so and hobbled out towards the entrance. She looked left and saw a familiar blue blur dashing up to her.

"AVERY!" Sonic yelled. A major feeling of relief surged through Avery's body. Sonic grabbed Avery firmly and pressed his lips against her's for a quick kiss. Avery pulled away and spoke.

"Is it over? Did you beat him?"

"Yeah. He's down." Sonic answered. He gazed down and blushed. "Uh...I'll see if the others have a towel or something for you to cover yourself up with."

"Thanks." Avery said and walked down with him towards the rest of her allies. It's over. It's finally over. Infinite won't hurt me ever again. Thank you Sonic. Thank you for saving me.

Jackal down! Infinite has been captured and this whole ugly little subplot is over. Next chapter, he's gonna be interrogated. Sorry if this was kinda short. After all, this was originally going to be merged with the previous chapter. I know Infinite's defeat seemed somewhat anti-climatic, but it ties into my headcanon of Infinite already being a horrible person before he met Eggman, hence the Jackal Squad gang rape chapter.

From this point onward, things are going to lighten up in this fanfic.