Chapter 3: Cerulean Faceoff
I followed the Disturbance from a distance, eagerly waiting for an opportunity to strike. When he finally stopped, a small batch of those robots dropped down and surrounded him and his friends. He beat them to a pulp, but not before the man called Dr. Eggman succeeded in kidnapping the girl. I wanted to save her, but I knew I had to finish my mission. As I thought over this, I suddenly noticed something:
The blue hedgehog was alone!
"Got you now, Disturbance," I nodded as I jumped out of hiding. I hardly walked two steps when I was thrown to the ground by someone running.
"Guh!" I grunted.
"Sorry!" the person's voice came. "Gotta run!"
"Ugh...lousy little –"
I froze, mortified at what I saw: the Disturbance had escaped!
"Love of Iblis!" I cursed. "I had him right where I wanted him!" I clenched my fists. "But I will find him and finish what I've started. Say your prayers...blue hedgehog."
I hung around town for the next few days, simply searching for any potential leads on the Disturbance's whereabouts. I also hoped to find Dawn. I wasn't sure where she was, and it had been some time since we were last together. Plus I always felt more secure when I was with her.
No, I'm not attracted to her. What, is this Sonic Next-Gen?!
Finally, after a few days passed, I spotted him again, along with the girl who got kidnapped by that Eggman figure. They regrouped right outside town for a bit, engaging in conversation. I didn't hear what they said, but they looked to be happy. A Butterfree even landed on his nose, causing them to laugh.
He seems to have a good heart I thought. Why would he destroy the world? I blinked and shook it off. No time to think about it. The future needs my help. With that, I hid within the town and waited to make my move.
Once they started walking into town, I charged a small, telekinetic blast and fired. I wanted to snipe him, but I missed; badly.
What was it that Dawn said about working on my aim again? Ugh.
Seeing no point in hiding now, I stepped out, hands blazing. "I've been looking for you." They looked up in response, now aware of my presence. "You're the Disturbance that will upset all harmony. Your actions will condemn us all!"
"What?!" the blue hedgehog exclaimed. "What are you talking about? Who the heck are you?!"
I cracked my knuckles as I stared him down. "My name is Silver! For the sake of the future and for all people, I will destroy you!"
Almost instantly, he looked to be ready for a fight. "Misty, stand back," he said to the girl. She nodded and hid out of sight, while he turned to face me. "I don't know what you want," he snapped, "but I don't think you'd be willing to discuss it over a chili dog."
You think you're funny, don't you?! I thought angrily. "Oho, a wisecracker, huh?" I growled. "We'll see who's laughing when I'm done with you!" With that, I lifted a small chair with my telekinetic power, apparently catching the Disturbance off-guard.
"What –?!" he gasped.
"Take this!" I shouted, throwing it at him. The chair scored a direct hit, knocking him over. He shook his head and jumped back up. I lifted another chair and would have knocked him out if he didn't ram into me. I grunted in pain when my face hit the pavement, but I wasn't about to give up; not now, when I was so close to saving the future! I jumped back up and glared at the Disturbance. He ran at me again, but when he got close enough, I stopped him by freezing him with telekinesis.
"Did you really think it would be that easy?!" I growled.
"Uh-oh," was all he said.
With a cry of victory, I threw him into a building. The impact clearly took its toll on him, but he still managed to get up quickly and ready himself for another attack. My patience was running out, so I leapt at him, but he dashed away. I grunted angrily. "You can run, but you can't hide!"
"Hiding wasn't the plan!" he called back, grinning.
I was livid. "You think this is a game?!" I roared in rage. "All right, but you're the one who's gonna lose!" Summoning all my power, I lifted a table. "How about this?!"
I fell right into his trap. While I concentrated all my energy on lifting the heavy table, he ran at me and threw me to the ground. Losing focus, the table escaped my power and fell down right on top of me. I grunted in agony as it slammed me over the skull.
"Ha! How's that for a good move, huh?" the Disturbance mocked as he stood over me while I stood up. I panted a moment, struggling from the pain, not paying any heed to him.
"Hey, you okay?"
I looked up in surprise. Was he worried about me? Well that was stupid. Here I am trying to kill him to save the future, and he's worried that I got hurt.
"Listen," he continued, "I don't know what's going on, but –"
I didn't want to hear it. Summoning my power again, I thrust my palms out in front of me. The blue hedgehog glowed again as I threw him backwards and into another building. He fell to the ground, now clearly struggling.
"Good grief!" he grunted, struggling to get on his hands and knees. "What are you trying to do, throw me to the moon or something?!"
I walked over to him in disbelief. "Is this some kind of sick joke?" I shook my head. "How can someone as weak as you cause the destruction of the world?"
"Wha...What do you mean?"
"It doesn't matter," I snapped. "As long as you live, the future is in peril. I will not let you destroy my world!" With that, I prepared to finish him off.
"STARYU, GO! USE BUBBLEBEAM!"
"What?!" I cried as I suddenly a flurry of hard-hitting bubbles knocking me down. I wasn't necessarily hurt, but the blow caught me off-guard. "What is this?!"
"Stay away from him!"
When the bubbles ceased, I leapt back up to see who had attacked me. To my chagrin, it was the girl the Disturbance was with, along with a Pokemon.
"Get out of my way," I snapped. "The Disturbance must die."
"You're not getting anywhere near him, you creep," she growled back.
"Then I guess we'll do this the hard way," I clenched my fists, then blasted the Pokemon back into its trainer. She grunted in pain as they fell to the ground. With them out of the way, I once again turned my focus back to the Disturbance as he struggled to his feet. "Now, where were we?" I taunted him. "Oh, that's right...saving the world from you!" I would have finished him off then and there, but another blast of water knocked him over. I was outraged. "How –?!"
"I told you to stay away from him!" the girl shouted as another one of her Pokemon sprayed me down. Angered, I neutralized the water gun attack with my power and hurled her Pokemon onto her. Yet again, I turned back towards the blue hedgehog, who suddenly perked, running after something.
"Don't you turn your back on me!" I roared, freezing him in place with my power. Finally, I had him right where I wanted him, and nothing was going to stop me! "It's time I finally put an end to this!"
"ONIX! USE IRON TAIL!"
The next thing I knew, a slam to the face threw me down once again, freeing the Disturbance to escape. When I stood up again, he was long gone.
"NO!" I shouted in fury, pounding the ground. "Love! Of! Iblis! Who –?!"
"Hold it right there!"
I turned on hearing the voice and saw a tan man standing before me, a rock-snake Pokemon by his side. "Stay out of my way," I snapped.
"You were trying to kill Sonic!" the man replied. "What the heck were you thinking?!"
He doesn't know? Hmph...that makes sense, I guess. "His actions will destroy the world," I explained. "The only way to save the world is to destroy him."
The man shook his head. "You've got it wrong," he said. "Sonic is a hero, always fighting for what's good. I can't bring myself to believe he would destroy the world. I don't know where you're getting these ideas, but you shouldn't jump to conclusions so quickly." With that, he recalled his Pokemon and departed.
Now I was confused. I recalled my thoughts earlier when I saw the Disturbance talking with that girl and how they seemed so happy. Now this young man's words rang in my head. My goals remained unchanged for the moment, but something was bothering me now. Looking back, I realize now what it was.
It was my conscience.