Chapter Fifteen: The End Of Humanity
A few moments later, the guards took Sonic and Shadow into the dungeon in the basement. They took away Sonic and Shadow's weapons, threw them into a cell, and locked the doors.
"HEY! YOU CAN'T LOCK US IN HERE!" Shadow shouted.
"LET US OUT, NOW!" Sonic added.
But the guards never listened. They just walked out of the dungeon. Sonic screamed with rage.
"GOD DAMN IT!" Sonic yells.
"Sonic?" a voice was heard. Sonic looked over.
"Tails?! You and Knuckles are locked in here too?!" Sonic snarled.
"We're sorry, Sonic. But from what I was told, Scourge knocked me unconscious, and locked us in here. He was a sneaky bastard, and there wasn't anything we could do!" Knuckles explained.
"Well is that JUST great?! Just GOD DAMN GREAT!" Sonic snapped in anger.
"Well, it was your brilliant idea to just barge in, and try to save them, without thinking that there may still be strong guards here!" Shadow yelled back.
"Oh yeah! Like I knew that there was going to be huge guards, that are built like a brick shit house, coming in and stopping us in our tracks!" Sonic retorted.
"And that's your excuse?! Need to come up with a better one than that, Blue!" Shadow yelled.
"Just because I'm a prince like Scourge, it doesn't mean I have to know everything that he does! He's a different Prince than me, he's pure evil!" Sonic yelled back.
"Well, you're not a very good Prince, are you? I can not believe I have wasted my entire Warrior army, just to defend and protect your pathetic ass!" Shadow snarled.
"Hey! First of all, you didn't have to come with me on this journey! I never ONCE forced you here! That was YOUR choice, Shadow!" Sonic told him.
"I made that choice, because it's part of my Warrior's co... !" Shadow was cut off.
"Will you please STOP, with this Warrior's code bullshit already?! It means absolutely nothing at this moment now! Where did that sacred code get you? You make one oath, and it gets you in trouble! I thought we had a chance today, I REALLY did! Guess I made the wrong move, by stopping by your island!" Sonic snarled.
"How DARE you! Talking about my Warrior tribe like that! And you should be thankful, because you and the other five men wouldn't even MAKE it this far without us!" Shadow screamed.
"Will you two stop this?! This isn't helping matters!" Tails called out.
"I already have a headache as it is, let alone you two screaming at each other's ears!" Knuckles added.
"STAY OUT OF THIS!" Sonic yelled. Tails and Knuckles shook for a moment, and stayed silent.
"And that's how you treat your men?! You're no better than Scourge is, hypocrite!" Shadow snapped.
"Don't you DARE compare him to me! What about you?! Because of your stupid code, all your men have died out there! 'We fight, or die trying', you said! Where did that lead them?! DEATH! There are ways around it, but you have to keep with this stupid rule, that you were too selfish to even care for your people's well-being!" Sonic yelled. Shadow had sad tears flowing from his eyes.
"I DO CARE! I HAVE ALWAYS CARED! You're just like what my Father taught me! I did want to help them, I really did! But my Father always taught me and my Warriors to fight as one, but for lives, you're on your own. I had a chance to save a friend of mine, but my IDIOT father held me back, and stopped me! Because 'it's part of the Warrior's code' he taught me! That's why I follow the rules. I was brought up this way." Shadow finished, as more tears were flowing from his eyes.
"Shadow, I'm so...!" Sonic was cut off.
"DON'T bother! You have said it, and nothing you can say will mend that! I mean you get everything, a better home, a huge castle, everyone knows you, everyone cares! MY people are all I have on my island!" Shadow snapped.
"I AM SORRY, SHADOW! I know you won't forgive me overnight, and by people loving me, it's not always true." Sonic stated.
"What do you mean?!" Shadow asked.
"As a boy at school, it was horrible! Every day I went to school, I was always looked as an outcast. Just because I was rich, I was the King and Queen's son, because I was their future King, and they still say that now. People love me yes, but not all of them do!" Sonic explained.
"But you're a Prince, Sonic. I just called myself King, because I am a leader of the island, and I have a wife." Shadow asked.
"Just because I'm a prince, doesn't mean that it makes me the person that people want me to be. And to earn their trust, I have to prove that. That's why I went on this adventure, not just to save my wife, but it's to show my people that I can be the King they want me to be. Unfortunately, it won't happen now." Sonic stated.
"So, you hired me and my men, because why?" Shadow asked.
"Because I couldn't do this alone. Knowing how strong you and your men were, I needed that leverage." Sonic said.
"Oh, I see. I'm very sorry." Shadow apologized.
"No, I should be sorry. But Shadow, just because you were raised by what you were taught to do, it doesn't mean you HAVE to follow the rules. You're the King now. My father told me, Lead them, Protect them, Guide them! If I could do it, why can't you?" Sonic asked. Shadow thought for a moment, with a look of surprise. More sad tears fell from his eyes.
"You're right. You are absolutely right." Shadow responded.
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(Sonic)
The further we go, the further we go get away from who we really are
I chose a different route, a different way in life
Praised by many, but still labelled an outcast
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The thing that lasts never happen overnight
These calloused hands built the foundation of my life.
Abandoned for love, left without advice
How quickly we've changed overnight
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(Shadow singing)
Don't make me out to be the bad guy
How long can I take the blame?
I am sick of feeling wrong
Why do you judge me all the same?
No one is perfect, I'm trying to justify myself
To the ones who won't ever, ever understand
Who never
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(Sonic singing, Shadow improvising)
The thing that lasts never happen overnight
These calloused hands built the foundation of my life. (My life)
Abandoned for love, left without advice
How quickly we've changed overnight
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(Shadow singing)
Torture myself, that's what I felt I'm worth
Torture myself, aware that the pain is somewhere else
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(Sonic singing)
Torture myself, that's what I felt I'm worth
Torture myself, aware that the pain is somewhere else
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(Shadow singing)
Somewhere else
(Sonic sing)
It's somewhere else
(Shadow singing)
Somewhere
(Shadow and Sonic singing, with Sonic improvising)
It's somewhere else (Somewhere)
It's somewhere else
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(Shadow singing)
Torture myself, that's what I felt I'm worth
(Sonic singing)
Well aware that the pain is somewhere else
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(Sonic and Shadow singing)
Torture myself, that's what I felt I'm worth
Well aware that the pain is somewhere else
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After that, Sonic helped Shadow stand to his feet, and gave him a friendly embrace. Shadow was shocked, but he slowly returned it.
"Thank you, Shadow. Thank you for all that you've helped me with." Sonic thanked. They break the embrace.
"For what? I should thank you, for helping me see the light." Shadow smiled.
"Well, at least we got to see our women, before we die, right?" Sonic asked, as a sad tear fell from his eyes. Tears fell from Shadow's eyes as well.
"Yeah, we sure did, my friend." Shadow responded.
After that, they all took a seat waiting for their demise. What will happen now? All of our heroes are locked in prison, now there is no way out, and no way to save Amy or Rouge.