Choices

By: LittleTrash1027

I couldn't stop writing this, and I wanted to add some horror to make this actually intriging.

Silver was perturbed as he walked through the dark corridor. He had no idea what was going to happen when he got to the end of the, seemingly never ending, hallway. His blue cyan aura surrounded him and the walls gave him slight ease from the darkness, but the silence was enough to make him tense. Not to mention the unknown. Silver wished he wouldn't have to be alone for this, but there was no point for wishing that. Maybe he'll see Sonic soon enough. He just has to be patient and move onward.

He wasn't sure how long he has walked for, but it seemed like forever until he came across a dark room. It was darker than the hallway, and it looked large and empty.

"Ok..not weird or creepy at all!" Silver said anxiously. "Just a big dark empty room with no escape routes in sight.."

He took a step forward, his cyan light shimmered on the stone ground, but not on the walls. How big was this room anyway? Silver nervously started slowly walking in the room, his entry being engulfed in darkness. He looked around, trying to identify anything that would look familiar. Nothing. Nothing but the blackness and the cyan glow that radiated from him. His footsteps echoed loudly, almost masking Silver's nervous breathing.

As Silver was trying to see in front of him, he was cut off short when his head met with an unknown wall. He fell to cold floor, groping his head and groaned. He opened his eyes again, and saw a thick glass wall. He wondered why he didn't see it before. He sat up, still clutching his head.

"What the..what is..?" Silver paused and heard muffled whimpers. His ears swiveled in the direction of the noise, and looked to the other side of the glass wall. His eyes widened.

"B-BLAZE?!" Silver exclaimed, and saw the shivering purple form on the floor. Blaze's fur seemed to have lost its usual light purple color, and her body was marred by scars and bruises. Her clothes looked ripped in small places, and slight dirty. She was clutching her form and tears poured from her eyes, staining the white fur on her cheeks.

Silver has never seen Blaze like this before. She was always so calm, calculated, and brave. It seemed like no amount of tragedy could bring her down. So, seeing her like this was frightening to Silver. He quickly moved to the glass wall, his heart thundering in his chest, eyes wide with fear.

"Blaze?! Blaze, what happened to you? Are you ok? B-Blaze?!" He shouted, unable to hide the quiver in his voice. Blaze looked up up him with wide terror-filled eyes. Her golden, shimmering eyes stared at his. She crawled over to the wall, and said something incoherent through the glass wall. Silver was confused, but shaked his head to focus on her. He stood up abruptly, and used more of his power to try to pry a hole in the glass, or to do..something. It didn't budge. He looked around frantically for anything that could help him find a way out of here. Nothing. He then looked back at Blaze, her hand on the glass wall. She looked hopeless, and tired, eyes still brimming with tears. He slumped down the glass wall, tears forming within his own eyes.

"It's...it's gonna be ok! I'll get us out of here, I promise," Silver said. Blaze cocked her head to the side slightly. The glass was sound proof for both of them.

"Hello, Silver. Welcome." A voice echoed throughout the room. Silver and Blaze both flinched, and looked around to find out where the voice was. Silver stood up, trying to find out where the location of the voice was. He looked back at Blaze, her panic-stricken eyes looked upward, and her breathing was quickened.

"I'm sure you are very confused, but I-" The voice began.

"Who are you?! What did you do to Blaze?!" Silver shouted, his fear replaced with anger.

"Well, that was rude. Don't interrupt me.." There was a slight pause, until the voice echoed again. It sounded annoyed. Silver gritted his teeth, trying to compose himself.

"As I was saying, I'm sure you are very confused, but I can tell you why you are here. You have to make a choice." The voice paused, and two large metal cauldrons slided towards Silver and Blaze, resting atop a tray of firewood. Inside the cauldrons were hot burning coals and large metal pokers. The metal pokers were sun-bright red, as long streaks of heat seeped from the hot coals. Silver's eyes widened, as he realized what they were. The metal pokers were actually branding irons.

"What will you be choosing? Well, you will be choosing who will face immeasurable pain. Will you be kind and let me brand your back, or will you be unkind and let me brand Blaze?"

A timer appeared above Silver and Blaze's heads, reading thirty seconds.

"You have thirty seconds to make your choice." The voice dissipated, and the timer began.

Silver looked at Blaze, her eyes looked into his own, tears dripping from them. Silver's stomach dropped every time their eyes met. He cared a lot for Blaze. She was one of the only people who helped him when he had to fight for the future. In fact, Silver loved her. And seeing her like this broke his heart into pieces. He couldn't see her suffer like this. As his thirty seconds were up, Silver swallowed his fear, and prepared for what he was going to say next.

"Time's up, Silver. So, what will it be?" The voice spoke, and Silver looked down at the floor.

"I...I let you b-brand me.." Silver whispered, his voice quivering. Blaze's head shot up, her eyes widened into pinpricks, and she shook her head violently. She began to bang on the thick glass wall, shouting something incoherent again. Silver didn't want to look at her, but his head slowly lifted up, as if it was being pulled by an invisible string. His only response was a small smile of reassurance.

"It'll be ok. I'll be ok.." Silver muttered, his smile not leaving his face. Blaze stopped pounding on the wall, and clutched her form.

The hot branding iron was lifted from the cauldron by nothing, which only managed to confuse Silver. The shape at the end was an infinity symbol. Why was this familiar? Silver hung his head, trying not to think about it and closed his eyes. He could feel the heat near his back, and he sweated in response.

"I'm going to press into your back hard and will hold it there for five seconds. Although, if you try to escape, I will brand you and Blaze. And I will not be gentle.." The voice cautioned.

Silver only squeezed his eyes shut, his breathing heavy, and prepared for the pain to follow. As soon as the branding iron made contact, Silver screamed in anguish. The pain was searing, and Silver could hear his flesh burn and sizzle. His body collapsed to the floor, shaking and his screams only got more agonizing. His fists were clenched, and he gritted his teeth to prevent anymore screams from escaping. He could feel his fur and skin burning away, blood boiling and seeping from the wound. As soon as five seconds were up, the branding iron was removed and he felt the blood pour from the searing wound. Silver was still on the floor, gasping for breath between sobs.

Blaze held her ears and closed her eyes tight. Tears cascaded down both of their faces, forming small puddles on the cold stone floor. Silver shakily held himself up, trying not to fall back on the floor in pain. He managed to sit upright, and lightly touched his singed fur. He looked back at Blaze, who was still sobbing. He put a hand up on the wall and managed a weak smile.

He opened his mouth to say something, but was cut off when the cauldrons wooshed back into the darkness. Still looking at Blaze, he saw the darkness engulf her, panic in her eyes and she shouted at Silver until there was nothing but darkness.

"Blaze? BLAZE! Where-where did you-?! Blaze..?!" Silver screamed, tears falling down his cheeks. He looked around frantically for her, then winced in pain from his still burning wound. His ears perked up when he saw a door open, letting light in from his far right. He stood up, clutching his side, using his psychokinesis to help him walk out of the room. The door closed and locked. Silver looked back, his final thought entered before leaving the room.

"Please..please be ok Blaze. I love you.." Silver looked forward and tried to walk down the corridor.

"How..predictable. I had a feeling you would take the pain for others. Although, I do believe I have a side note for this test: Sometimes an act of kindness does not always bode well for everyone.."