Chapter 10: The begining of the cataclysm
all the towers were in position and the destiny of millions depended on the meeting of some hedehog's demands
z-12 was alone in that room, he just had finished transmiting eggman's demands as if they were his own, now knowing that everything eggman had told him was a lie, he couldnt help it, he was too naive
z-12: the message has been sent... the girl has been infected, i understand more as time progress... i understand why do i feel so cold inside me, this feeling of loneliness is getting stronger... i dont want it... but... this infection... if i know its not correct... why am i still doing it anyway?
Eggman: because that's your purpose, i dont like what's happening either, but you have no choice but to follow your fate, that's what you were born for... but... ah, who cares? come on, we have a planet to take over
z-12: you're right, they only have 3 hours left, if they dont arrive i'll activate the towers and the infection willbegin
Eggman: good, good, but not before, we have to wait, they will be here, i know it
z-12: i dont care about the others, i only want sonic, if we want things to work, they will have to go just as planned
Eggman: that's the spirit! its time for you to finish infecting that pink hedgehog
z-12: how?
Eggman: you're the carrier of the virus, anyone that gets infected will have to do as you say, just talk to her, convince her to turn against sonic
z-12: allright.. i'll talk to her...
once he left...
Eggman: something's wrong, the effects of the virus are working, but, he shouldnt be obsessed with sonic that much, he should be interested only in assisting me, i'll have to be careful, that virus brings out the worst inside an individual, i have to make sure those feelings are directed at sonic and not against me... if they do... then this control i have over him will be useless...
meanwhile somewhere else in the space colony
Amy: ... so cold...
z-12: dont worry... it will pass
Amy: whi do i feel like that?
z-12: those are the effects on the substance i inyected in you, you'll see the truth soon enough
Amy: what truth?
z-12: you have to kill sonic
Amy: but... i love him... i'd rather die before hurting him...
z-12: preciesely, that way, your love will be sealed forever, besides, its a perfect way to convince him to love you, because he doesnt love you...
he was almost nose to nose with amy, eye to eye, amy's eyes were losing their shine, the brainwashing was working
Amy: but...
z-12: sonic doesnt love you... that's why you have to kill him, say it
Amy: ... ... ... sonic doesn't love me... ... ... ... that's why i have to kill him...
z-12: stop fighting it, its the truth...
Amy: that's the truth...
...
...thank you
z-12: good girl, -an alarm goes off- huh? oh well, looks like they arrived, i have the trigger with me, i'll activate the towers and dr's wishes will be a reality, wait here, i'll call for you when your beloved sonic arrives
Amy: ... i'll wait patiently
meanwhile on earth
Tails: everything's set, it took me a while but i finally repaired the tornado X, you sure you dont need more time to rest sonic?
Sonic: no, i'm fine, besides we cant waste any minute, we must stop him no matter what, besides, i need some information from that clone...
Tails:: what do you mean?
Sonic: think about it, eggman doesnt create a life form out of nowhere, something must have happened for him to have such technology
they were about to leave when the door opened
Knuckles: where do you think you're going?
knuckles and rouge had decided to join forces with sonic, to stop z-12, and to save amy
a few minutes of travel later they were close to the space colony, they were about to get in, when a voice was heard in tornado x's radio
z-12: identify yourself...
Tails: it's us... we came as you requested
z-12: allright, just hand over the blue hedgehog and i'll let him in
Knucles: what's wrong? you afraid of facing all ofuf?
z-12: i asked only for sonic the hedgehog, the rest of you are not welcome here
suddenly the space colony started moving and some cannons started shooting at the tornado X
Tails: wait!
z-12: i'll say this only one more time, i only want sonic, the rest of you go away or i'll turn you into space trash
Sonic: i'm here, let us in, or there will be no me and your mission will fail, do you really want that?
z-12: ...
the attack stopped all of a sudden, and a door opened to let them in, they arrived to a rather dark hangar, there was not a single light, sonic didnt care...
Sonic: amy! amy! where are you?
Tails: sonic wait!
Sonic: no, i cant, we came here to stop my clone, besides we must save amy too!
Tails: i know, but we have to be careful, remember what happened last time?
Knuckles: that's right sonic... take it easy, remember he's all alone and...
Eggman: you sure he's alone?
the lights turned on, everyone turned around, eggman was there
Sonic: eggman! tell me where amy is!
Eggman: she's busy at the moment
Sonic: let her go!
Eggman: i dont think so, like i said she's busy, besides, there's someone here who has an un-finished business with you
eggman moved aside so sonic and the others could see z-12, he looked different, not only he had a strange armor on him, but also had a strange look in his eyes, sonic knew about that look...
Sonicc: z-12!
z-12: that's right, you have no idea how much i've waited to see you, i guess your friends came here to watch how i take you out along with the world...
Knuckles: i dont think so! we met your demands, you cant hurt the wold now!
z-12: wrong, i told you to bring sonic to me, i never said you could come along, dont you even think doing anything funny, otherwise i'll infect the city, and it will eventually spread trough the world
Sonic: that's not gonna happen!
Knuckles: i'll stop you!
z-12: have it your way...
knucles charged after z-12, but the result was far worse than last time, not only he stopped knuckles in mid-air, but also conected a punch in the stomach so hard and so fast, that knuckles ended up flying several meters away with no air and curled up in pain
Eggman: what did you think? that the armor was just a nice outfit? this armor not only protects his body, but also boost his speed and his strenght
z-12: test concluded... who else wishes to try?
Sonic: enough! tell me where amy is!
Amy: what's going on?
Sonic: amy!
Amy: oh sonic! i'm so happy to see you!
for some strange reason, the tone amy said that made sonic shiver a bit, it was strange... she also had the same strange marks as z-12
Sonic: amy? what... happened to you?
Amy: nothing, i'm fine, just waiting patiently for you to arrive -creepy smile-
Sonic: to rescue you?
Amy: rescue me? why would i want to be rescued? i've been waiting for you to... uhh... -blushes- shall i tell him?
z-12: -grin- of course, tell him
Amy: oh thanks! -gets excited- i waited for you so i can kill you!
a shiver went trough everyone's back except z-12's, even eggman nearly fell off his chair after hearinig that
Sonic: w-what?
Amy: that's right, kill you, why are you so scared?
Tails: do you realize what you just said?
Amy: oh, i do realize! dont worry tails! i can kill you later, but sonic has to die first, because i love him!
Sonic: because you love me?
Amy: that's right, because i'll kill you with all my love! -wink- that way our love will be sealed for all eternity!
amy took out her hammer and charged after sonic, he didnt see it coming, he wasnt even defending himself, all he was doing was dodge her attacks, no matter what amy still had that creepy lover face, it was so scary at the moment, tails, rouge and knucles just watched for a few seconds, because z-12 didnt waste time, he slowly walkted towards them with a menacing look in his eyes
Tails: what did you do to amy?
z-12: i just showed her my point of view, i recommend you to not even think about interfering, otherwise i'll have to show you my point of view in a rather painful way
Rouge: come on kid, you're not like that, what did eggman do to you?
z-12: nothing really... -trying to avoid rouge's eyes- he just showed me the harm sonic does to the world, you should join us... its better to be with the winning team rather than the losers team, you're better than them
Rouge: think again... the last thing i want right now is be on your team, open your damn eyes! you're being lied to!
while all this was happening, a chaos control formed far away on the other side of the space colony...
Shadow: she has to be here... if that hedgehog was telling the truth...
the argument between rouge and z-12 heated to the point that they were about to engage in combat, z-12 was feeling a horrible pain in his body, the virus was trying to force him to give the first blow, but he couldnt bring himself to do it, ever since he met her, he saw rouge as a big sister, she always gave him a little bit of light to his dark life, then, all of a sudden, a voice started to sound in z-12's mind
?: what are you waiting for? attack her!
z-12: -in his mind- i dont want to... please, not her...
?: you have no other choice, if you're going to be what we all planned you to be, you will attack her!
z-12: who are you... why do i have to obey you, i dont want to!
?: you better colaborate otherwise i'll punish you real bad...
z-12: no...
Rogue: ... come on... we dont have to do this!
meanwhile back on earth...
people were gathered on the streets, no matter what, everyone were too afraid to try to run from those strange towers...
finally, in g.u.n. headquarters they had found that the space colony had entered in activity
a few seconds later...
the satellite cameras and everyone in the sky saw it... there was a small explosion, something in the space colony must had exploded, everyone thought they were safe... they were wrong...
one by one the towers activated by the top, without any warning, they started shooting some strange black rays to all the people who were running away scared, the chaos had started, thousands upon thousands of people were caught in the storm of black rays
every person that got caught started rolling on the floor in pain, they all started showing the same strange marks z-12 had on his body, nobody knew what was happening... but the few survivors knew one thing... the space colony wasn't destroyed, and their last hope was trapped inside it, in the middle of a battle with a resentful clone, a mad scientist, and the threat of the attack spreading to the otherr cities and then to the world...
a litte kid was in the middle of the street curled up in fear trying with pointless effort to cover his ears to not hear the screams of terror from the people...
"sonic will save us... i'm sure he will..." those were his last words before one of the black rays caught him...
that's how the cataclysm started...