Mephiles: Sorry this took so long but I'm really getting swamped with test and have a lot of studying going on. This chapter has a rather sad ending but I'm hoping to clean up any loose plot threads in the begining of the next chaper as well as explaining exactll why Blaze needs Silver to realise that he musn't become obssessed with finding Eggman Nega. It ties in with the whole, the universe is linked Karma plotline which the story is labeled for. Anyway it will all boil down to Silver having to make a important decision over whether it is right to just kill based on what you have been shown. Now in the Sonic 06 game he eventually chooses to not kill Sonic because he is shwn that Sonic is good, but that doesn't really apply to who he must choose to kill or let live. By the way I wonder if any of you can guess what decision Blaze is trying to get him to change to save his future. Do you know who's life he must choose?

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Chapter 7:

Que Sera Sera

Silver's world was engulfed in a swirling tornado of darkness, images flashed before his eyes of places and times he had, and never would know about, not to mention some he really didn't want to know about. All of this passed in a second, a very long and drawn out second, and before he knew it his vision was replaced with a cold and battered floor which was eagerly rushing up to meet his face for a rude landing.

Silver landed with a loud "Oomph!" as he extended his hands before him to brace his landing, refusing to start his third dimension jump with a howl of pain. Blaze made a neat landing, falling feet first unto the cold, hard floor and rising to her full height in a single graceful move, Silver half expected her to do a quick pirouette or two to finish off the display. "Obviously" Silver thought to himself bitterly as he picked his body up from his nasty little landing 'Jealous are we?' envy interjected into his thoughts in a rather envious tone. Silver mentally blinked in surprise, he hadn't had a thought from envy since…well…he hadn't had a thought from envy. He rubbed the severely bruised back of his head tenderly as he squinted at Blaze.

He quickly made an analysis of his surroundings, a cold dark metal corridor in what appeared to be some kind of bunker. The lights were almost all out, either broken beyond repair or just unresponsive. The entire hall was showing obvious signs of structural decay, the roof was cracked and rubble littered the floor, moss had begun to spring up on the walls and dirty pipes jutted out from crevices leaking brown water, if it could truly even be called water. 'Great, the cesspool dimension' Silver's sarcasm announced in a rather droll state of mind. "If your not going to be useful then keep quiet' Silver roared, mentally of course, trying to keep his complex multi layered mind under his control.

'And what hellhole of an alternate dimension have we fallen into now?' Silver wondered to himself as he gazed around what was left of the compound. His attention was quickly caught by a sound. It was quiet, which explained why he hadn't heard it at first, but now he could clearly make it out. He turned to Blaze, imagining she would give some or other cryptic clue or piece of advice like she always did.

In response she merely nudged Silver, motioning for him to follow her. The two made their way down the abandoned bunker, their way guided by the strange sound of voices, ever loudening voices. By the time they had reached a door in the wall, Silver could quite clearly hear the speakers and their words. As he and Blaze turned the corner and looked into the room, Silver was overcome with another enormous feeling of déjà vu, but luckily, since he'd been experiencing it the entire day or was it a year…or month…or maybe it was a century? Regardless he was quickly getting used to déjà vu.

Inside the room was Himself, well one identical to the younger Silver he'd seen in the previous dimension accompanied by a taller dark looking Shadow. Almost identical to the Shadow Silver had encountered on his trip to the past, except for gray streaks rather then red one's, and Blaze…

'BLAZE!' His thoughts yelled at him so loud he could of mistaken it for an audible voice. Silver stared in shock at the feline who stood before him, a mirror image of his time traveling companion in every way, down to their facial expressions. He walked forward slowly entering into the small space of illumination, which the three figures occupied. To his immense surprise the three appeared to be oblivious to his existence. 'That makes sense of course, your existence hear is probably merely as a conscious energy form, making you for all intents and purposes invisible to mortal beings such as these' Silver's logic told him, kicking into high gear as it tried to sort through the overwhelming number of confusing facts his mind had been busily absorbing, desperately trying to stave off what it saw as an assault on it's ability to rationally decipher the most bizarre and complex of situations. Silver had always been a bit too proud of his abilities and this was a trait his thinking patterns had mimicked from him.

'Yes, but then why could Iblis and those strange monsters see us?' His perception countered, up for a little mental banter and ready to prove that Silver's logic wasn't the only one carrying its weight around. Silver grunted, he'd been hoping his multi-faceted mind would keep quiet during his journey of introspection and respect his desire to absorb this information without having to dissect it all for its deeper meaning. It seemed his hope had been in vain once again. You just can't keep a good thought down.

'I'll ponder the irrationalities of dimensional travel later' Silver thought to himself curtly, quitening his mind, he was still in charge of his own mind, he hoped, it was time he started acting like it, No more pep talks from his own brain, it was just embarrassing. He took a tentative step forward reaching out his hand to place it on the Blaze who was in such an animate conversation with her two peers.

"Stop!" Silver's reflexes served him well, and his fingers pulled away almost immediately, he turned to face Blaze whose face had suddenly grown worried as she stared at her doppelganger. Concern creased her face, puzzling Silver. 'What's she so worried about, I'm invisible to them after all' Silver thought to himself as he withdrew from the Blaze look alike to stand next to the panicked Blaze.

Blaze turned to him, her eyes dodging nervously around the room as if she was searching the entire place for invisible intruders. Silver stared at her long and hard, before he asked in a slow tone of voice "What are you looking for?"

Blaze's head instantly snapped to meet his and her eyes were alight with indignation, twin fires burning behind her glittering eyes. The fathomless orbs suddenly resembling the charred world he had seen Iblis on. Silver took a step back, not wishing to be exposed to her full wrath. He didn't feel fear much, so fear felt obliged to take every little opportunity it could to obstinately sit itself in his heart.

"Never, ever, touch a person understand?" She asked, her voice quiet and taunt with fury and…concern? Still Silver guessed it would probably be an unwise move to disagree with her at this point so he merely nodded his head in mute shock. She cooled down once he did this. The flames in her eyes slowly fading back into her soul as she once more became relaxed, calm filling her form. Silver silently marveled at the miraculous transformation. From fire queen to loving friend in a few seconds. 'Did I just use the words Loving and Friend to describe someone' Silver thought to himself in no small amount of surprise. He groaned as an all to familiar feeling began to grow in his much abused stomach. 'Yes you did, and you should probably get used to it. She really wants to help you' it was a small thought, minute compared to the others Silver usually dealt with. It was unfamiliar to; Silver didn't have a clue where it had sprung from.

'Excuse me, but who are you?' Silver thought to himself, and he thinks he's not crazy. 'I'm that much neglected part of you. You can call me Bloody Obvious or Are you Blind you Moron! Both are very eloquent' His thoughts provided most unhelpfully. Silver grumbled a short thanks and turned to watch the real life movie, opting to ignore his latest little friend in his own mind.

'I'm sorry I exploded like that but if you at all interfere with a person, then you cause a imbalance in dimensional energy which will have the Judicators swarming in on us in literally a single second," Blaze said in her normal, gentle tone. Like a mother telling a child that even though he made a mistake she would still love him. Silver couldn't help but find comfort in the fact that she was willing to forgive him; usually people wouldn't give him more then one chance. 'It's not exactly their fault, you don't exactly advertise yourself as a people's person. I guess we're just lucky she can see something in you that you can't' Mister Bloody Obvious butted in once again.

"What are Judicators?" Silver asked. Blaze sighed softly as she closed her eyes in contemplation.

"Those shadowy creatures you fought, they are Judicators. The facets of multiple enormous Super-dimensional consciousnesses which attempt to ensure that all timelines proceed on their proper cause. They would instantly attempt to erase interlopers like us, fearing we might tamper with reality," She answered calmly.

Silver nodded slowly, afraid to nod quickly for fear that his brain would begin to slosh out his ears. 'So much information' He thought to himself, his head hurting from the overload it was experiencing. After giving it a minute or two to cool down again Silver tried to sort things out in his head. 'I'm currently jumping through time/dimensions in which my life has taken a different course, so it's sort of like watching a movie. However there are now interdimensional history police who will swarm me if I try to interfere with an event,' That sounded about right to him.

"So why exactly are we in this time frame, what am I meant to learn from this?" Silver asked, now that the imminent danger had passed. Blaze quickly strode to the other side of the room, making sure not to bump into any of the three creatures before she answered him.

"We are here to find out what your motive for killing Sonic is. You did after all argue that killing is right if done for the right reasons." Blaze informed him as she lifted her one hand to rest casually on her hip. Silver nodded. Blaze smiled and motioned with her hand to the scene playing itself out before them. "Listen," she said quietly. As if someone had suddenly unmuted the entire world, sound rushed in to replace the pristine silence, which had held dominion before. Numerous mechanical and digital noises rushed to meet Silver's sensitive ears as the large computer screen on the wall suddenly sprang to life. On it digital images flashed. Familiar images of the fire strewn world Iblis had inhabited.

Had Silver been closely paying attention to the numerous little statistics and pictures flashing on the screen then he might have realized that he was once again in the dimension he had first jumped into. But since he didn't, let us not dwell on faint possibilities but rather on the reality of the situation.

"The one responsible for this tragedy" The dark Hedgehog said slowly, his voice was calm and controlled, containing a depth of menace, which made his rather simple mannerisms and voice come across far more ominous then it should of.

The Black and Gray Hedgehog extended his hand towards the Silver doppelganger. Clenched tightly within his fist Silver could make out a glowing jewel, incased in a purple aura, which pulsed outwards. The doppelganger Silver accepted the mesmerizing gem, staring deeply into it's glittering surface. 'A chaos emerald!' Silver realized as he felt a nostalgic power wash over him. The crystals power was almost palpable.

"I can see him, a Blue Hedgehog!" The doppelganger Silver exclaimed suddenly, bringing Silver back to reality. The doppelganger turned from his contemplation to stare at the shadowy hedgehog again, his face full of confusion and a sort of….Hope. Behind him the mirror image of Blaze walked towards the conversation, her arms folded as always as she gazed thoughtfully at the two hedgehogs.

"Blue Hedgehog?" Her words were slow, denoting her calm and even temperament even in the face of these bizarre circumstances. The doppelganger Silver didn't wait for confirmation to his feline friends odd question, his eyes glowing with passion he raised one of his hands, revealing a clenched fist.

"So if we kill him, we can save our future?" The doppelgangers words were determined, his demeanor resolute. It appeared the idea of killing for a greater cause bothered the doppelganger as little as it bothered Silver himself. 'Naive little boy, he can't be sure that this Hedgehogs telling him the truth. I would never let myself fall for such a cheap trick' Silver thought to himself, feeling disappointed that his alternate form was so foolish and reckless. Completely unlike him, he'd never rush into anything without thorough planning. Not to mention the way he was willing to trust anyone as soon as they promised him salvation. Now he would never fall for a trick like that, that's why he worked alone. He learnt long ago the only person you can really rely on is yourself.

The dark Hedgehog stood motionless for sometime, as if his mind was crossing some vast and inconceivable void. His gray and lifeless eyes glimmered like mirrors, revealing none of his soul but rather reflecting the viewers back at themselves. Silver couldn't keep his gaze, even though he knew the Hedgehog couldn't see him, he couldn't shake the feeling it was somehow taunting him.

Finally, and with a heavy slowness to his movements, the Hedgehog nodded. Somehow his every action bespoke of some sort of ageless wisdom. Antiquity seemed to radiate out of him, as if he had somehow been here before. The very ground beneath him seemed to groan below him. Silver didn't know what the presence was but he was sure he'd seen a similar effect on the world recently.

The Hedgehog slowly lifted its hands, glittering fields of purple light streaked outwards from him, engulfing the entire room, as they grew brighter and brighter blotting out the entire world. When Silver's vision finally returned to normal the room was empty. 'That power, I've felt something like that before. But where?' Silver thought, racking his mind for solutions. 'Now would be a good time to help' He thought, hoping that his mind would help shed a little insight on the problem. Luckily for him his memories felt liking helping to solve a problem, rather then causing one like they usually did.

'Iblis, Iblis had a similar aura' His memories proposed. Silver winced as the all to familiar images flooded his mind again. He'd almost forgotten the pictures of carnage Iblis had etched into his mind after their battle. Almost was unfortunately not good enough and the horrible monster's memories were as fresh as ever in Silver's own. But his memories were right, both Iblis and Mephiles seemed ancient without peer. As if they were timeless, already aware of all events to come. Their slow and purposeful actions were almost identical.

Silver shook his head, trying once more to dislodge Iblis's thoughts from his head. He had about as much success as he had last time. Groaning in defeat he turned to face Blaze, resigning himself to living with the monsters own memories.

"Well, what do you think about killing Sonic now?" Blaze asked, beating him to the question. A strange expression hovered over her face, somewhere between nervous and hopeful. Silver looked away, he didn't feel right looking at her in her eyes, her wonderful eye's. 'What does she want me to say' A small voice asked worriedly inside of Silver's brain. There was no shortage of answers; a literal cavalcade of advice came spinning from his mind lodging itself in his conscious. Logic wanted more facts to deliberate, duty and loyalty just wanted to get back to work, memories wanted more memories and even Bloody obvious was skeptical over what to say.

Silver closed his eyes, calming himself as he allowed the chorus of his divided thoughts to subside and searched within himself. 'What am I looking for? Does she really want me to tell her what I think? Why should I? I mean what has she done for me? Dragged me from one hellhole to another? I shouldn't feel guilty for my actions; I've lived my entire life helping the weak. Who does she think she is? Trying to judge my actions.' Silver's calm introspection soon turned to an embittered rage. He'd followed through on this entire crazy quest of hers and silently accepted everything she'd said. She had so far shown no evidence of being any better then he was.

He turned to her with a scowl. Her own face soon turned to concern, a series of indecipherable emotions flashing through her crystal eyes. 'Good, let her be confused for once' Silver thought to himself snidely. He'd had enough of listening to her self-righteous prattle. 'Karma? Please, the universe doesn't look after you, you look after yourself. That's how I've always lived my life and it's how I intend to continue living it' Silver's thoughts were aflame, burning away at the feeble emotions which attempted to pacify him.

But as it subsided, within him something else began to grow, greater even then the fury he felt. It was a warmth but it soothed him. He gazed at the now forlorn Blaze. 'It's not fair; she only wants to help me. I'm being selfish, she is actually trying to help. How many other people have ever done that for me?' The fire dimmed and the feeling grew.

'Help? She has stolen you from your duty, you have no obligation to feel guilty for her' His thoughts chorused back at him, feeding the fire and slowing the advance of the feeling. Silver felt numb, his body ripped in half by his internal conflict. On the one hand his thoughts and rationality, the thoughts with which he had governed his life with for ages, and on the other, feelings and emotions, which he had shut away for so long.

He floated through the chaos of his being, cast adrift and abandoned by both sides. 'What to do, what to do?' Blaze lifted her head to meet his eyes; a small smile crept unto her face cautiously. Silver stared. 'She's my friend' the thought was quiet; his own thoughts and feelings paid it no heed as they continued to battle over him. 'She's my friend, my friend, my friend…My Friend!'

'SHE"S MY FRIEND!' Silver thought with his entire mind, feelings and thoughts quieted instantly as the thought echoed through every fiber of his being, through and through and ever onwards. An inescapable feeling, which filled him. 'Look, I'm the one in charge here and I say we tell the truth. Not what she wants to hear but also not what I would of said. She deserves to be told the complete truth, she's the only person to ever willingly persist to help me and I'm not going to reward her with some stupid answer just because I'm spiteful or mushy' Silver interjected into the proceeding silence of his mind. Their were no objections this time, both feelings and thoughts reluctantly relented, mutually disappointed that they hadn't won the argument. Silver took a deep breath, feeling fully confident fro the first time in his life that he knew exactly what he was going to say and mean.

"I believe I was justified in my decision. With all the evidence I was presented it was merely a matter of choosing between one life and thousands. In such equation the needs of the many had to be taken over the needs of one no matter what" Silver told her firmly, his eyes resolute and clear. This had been his decision.

Blaze hung her head, sorrow evident on her features and her entire body. Yet somehow there also was a flicker of pride, as if she was proud of his final resolution to remain honest to who he really was. 'Yes, that would have been Silver's answer' She thought to herself with a tinge of disappointment. 'I suppose if he said anything else he wouldn't really of been Silver. Silver always chooses the greater good over the individual. I must just accept it'

Silver knew he should feel sorry, but he couldn't. He'd told the truth, had he been in his look alikes position he to would of agreed to kill Sonic. 'Lying to her would have been worse than this, she deserved to hear his honest opinion, it was the least he could do after all she'd done for him.' Silver walked to her, sighing heavily as he did so. He placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder. She looked up to watch his face, searching for something in it. Silver smiled, a genuine smile, the type he hadn't used for years and years.

"I would still like to be your friend though" He said as she straightened up. She gave a little smile, quickly dabbing at a bit of moisture in her eyes before he could see it. She nodded her head slowly and gripped his hand in her own gently. The two stood in that semi-embrace for a while, the world passing around them unnoticed as they gazed at each other. For the first time in Silver didn't know how long, his mind was clear, he knew what he wanted to do.

The two let go eventually, parting to give each other a bit of room. Blaze seemed content to just stand there with him, a smile on her face. But for Silver there was still one more thing gnawing at his mind.

"You said you can take me anywhere in time right?" Silver asked awkwardly, a bit uncomfortable with what he knew was coming next. Blaze could see the anxiety clearly painted on his face and gave an equally awkward nod, a bit troubled that her pleasant little daydream had just been shattered.

"Could you, well, I mean. Could you take me to the last time I meet Eggman Nega?" Silver blurted the last few lines out in rapid-fire bullet mode, self conscious at what had to seem like putting his mission before everything else again. 'But that's not it. But I have to know; most of my life has been wasted on him. I just need to know how it all ends.'

Blaze stared at him, a sort of numbness in her every action as if all life and colour had left her. Her eyes were glassy, but could not hide the dread, which lurked within them. She nodded her head slowly, almost robotically as she conjured up another portal next to her.

Silver wasn't quite sure what to make of her reaction. On the one hand she was clearly horrified by the idea so he assumed it was not a pleasant vision, but if it was truly so horrible wouldn't she of tried to dissuade him. Deciding he would never really know until he looked, Silver took a deep breath before plunging into he portal.

(This next part is purely the image of the future, which Silver sees when he looks through the portal)

A roaring detonation of incandescent teal energy announced the demise of Eggman Nega's final defense. With no traps or bot's left to turn to, the maniacal genius turned tail and ran.

All around the dark factory floor was littered and strewn with the remains of countless assault robots designed to kill Silver. The Doctor couldn't understand how he had failed; it had all been so perfect. The perfect trap! And yet the Hedgehog had fought like a demon, ripping through his foes like they were tissue paper, his telekinetic powers reducing the army to shreds.

A piece of debris smashed into the doctors head, leveling him to the floor, with a sense of emergency born from running for his life the doctor quickly raised himself to his knees-

But he got no further. Standing before him, warped in a menacing nimbus of teal energy Silver stood. Cold and ruthless his eyes were two frozen pits from whence no mercy came. Looking into the eyes of his lifelong and mortal foe the Doctor knew his fate was already decided.

"So, finally learned the only way to stop me is to kill me, ehhh? Well I'm glad I've at least toughened you up boy, so go on make your decision. Are you a murderer or a hero?"

"For you their can be no forgiveness, and for me their can be no escape" Silver answered, his voice devoid of any form of inflection or emotion. Calmly he placed his palm to Nega's forehead, closing his eyes as he channeled power into his hand.

"Que Sera Sera, What Will Happen Will Happen" Nega said calmly, relishing in the irony of life even at death's door.

Silver released his power. A column of light shot forth from his hand, power born from a life time wasted searching, a power born from endless hate and suffering. It ripped through Silvers hand and blasted through Nega's mind. Once the light was gone only Silver remained.

Then quietly and without hesitation he brought the entire building crashing down on him in a psychic maelstrom, sealing himself forever in his arch foes tomb.

(And now we return to our Silver)

Silver gaped; shock and terror had overcome him long before the vision had ended. Dead. He would die. His moment of glory he had dreamt of for so long would also be his tomb. There are no words or adjectives graceful enough to describe his anguish. "I will become that?" He asked.

"Que Sera Sera," Blaze said by way of answer.

Mephiles: Thanks for reading it really means a lot to me, I would also appreciate your requests, concerns, complaints or criticism and praise in the form of a review. Thank you for reading. Stay tuned for the last really long Chapter.