Surging Chaos: Enraged Aura
By InuSonishaUnlimited
Disclaimer: Don't own SEGA, duh. Rated M or MA for Scenes of Rape, Language and Violence. If you can't stand those elements, turn away now.
3. Third Meeting
It is a beautiful day outside, so naturally Super Sonic is outside, laying on the grassy hill just outside the building. The cool grass and warm air create a euphoric aura around Sonic, his golden glow becoming more purple. A lot of people pass by, waving to the nearly slumbering hedgehog, who returns the waves and simply enjoys the atmosphere. He picks up a nearby flower and sniffs it, enjoying the fresh scent. The slow, passing clouds form various shapes that he recognizes, the Tornado, a ring, a Chaos Emerald and many others.
"Oh man, what a day...it's one of those days where taking a nap is the best choice..." Sonic thinks to himself as he gets ready to fall asleep.
The wind blows by as well, adding the warm feeling to him. Meanwhile, in Tails' office, something hot was going on. Tails is sitting in his chair, which is in the laid-back position where he's laying on his back. The skylight shows the same tranquil scene that Sonic sees, relaxing the fox slightly. The door opens and Cosmo walks in, humming happily to herself as she walks up to the fox. She looks upon his absolutely adorable napping face, her hands now on his cheeks as her face nears his own. His eyes slowly open and he presses his lips onto Cosmo's, slightly surprising her. They are soon wrapped in their little moment and seemed to kiss for a good five minutes until they stopped.
"It's an excellent spring day, huh?" Tails says, his smile bringing a nice feeling to Cosmo.
"Yes, it certainly is. It's a day that makes Sonic sleep outside." she responds, sitting next to him.
"Oh, did you see him outside?" he asks her.
"He's napping now. His body is totally purple and his expression is calm." she tells him.
"That's good. The aim is to keep him calm enough so that eventually, he can revert from his Super form at his own will. That's the whole point here. Of course, there's another issue that I hadn't taken into account." Tails says, a worried expression appearing on his face.
"What is it that worries you, Tails?" Cosmo asks him.
"The Super Emeralds. I watched the news this morning, since I was up a little earlier than normal, and the Super Emeralds have been excavated by Knuckles. Although he's kept them hidden in the Hidden Palace, the resonating energy from the auras of the Emeralds may be attracted to Sonic. My guess is that, if that happens, the energy levels within him will increase, but I'm hoping that nothing else will happen." Tails explains.
"But based on the research we have, his emotions seem to be the main reason behind his transformation and inability to revert. Or is there something else?" Cosmo asks.
"Actually, there is another factor at work. Look at this." Tails says, pulling up a file containing info on the energy sphere that fell with Sonic.
Discovered Object within Subject: Sonic the Hedgehog
Object: Ancient energy source known as the Oblivion Sphere
Height: 8 inches
Weight: 20 pounds
Description: Filed by unknown source: an ancient source of unknown power passed from beings known as Bearers of Oblivion. When the sphere has achieved the optimum amount of energy within, the Oblivion will unleash...and...all...with.n...tru...ter...r...les...
"The file is corrupted a bit...actually, a lot. I can't make out the last bit." Cosmo says, closing the file.
"It wasn't corrupted when I got it from him..." Tails says, looking at the computer screen confused.
"Who gave this to you, anyway?" Cosmo asks.
"Remember the kid that Sonic saved? He sent me the info and asked me to help Sonic. He's the reason I made this place in the first place. I've yet to thank him for what he's done, since he's kinda forced to run around a lot to avoid Eggman. Regardless, we need to do something. Then again, Marina is doing very well with him, so..." Tails says, sitting more relaxed.
"She really does seem to match well with him, huh?" Cosmo comments.
"Yes, she may be the only one who can get him through this struggle..." Tails says before storing the file somewhere else.
We now see Marina jogging towards the building wearing a red sleeveless top and white, tight, exercising shorts with red sneakers. She enters the building, shaking her head to let the cool breeze blow away the slight sweat she worked up during her jog. Strongarm walks out of his office and catches a momentary glimpse of Marina as she stops shaking her head. A perfect form before him, her skin shining from the light in the lobby and her form showing high athletic prowess.
"Uh...umm...uh...h...hi, Marina! Looking lovely as usual today!" Strongarm manages to slip out.
"whew...Thanks, Strongarm. So, where's Sonic?" she says, looking at her watch, which also showed her how much she walked today.
"Afternoon workout? You don't seem to need it." Strongarm comments, dodging her earlier inquiry about Sonic's location.
"I have to keep myself in check. Seems like I've run at least two miles today. That's better than yesterday." Marina says, switching her watch to normal.
"Marina...I've been wondering...would you like to..." Strongarm is cut off by a ringing on Marina's cellphone.
"Hold up a sec. Yes? Oh, it's no problem. I can pick some up after work. Okay, love you too, Mom. Now then, what were you about to ask me?" Marina asks.
"I was wondering if...if you weren't busy, if maybe we...we could..." another beeping cuts him off, this time from her Special ID.
"What's that sound for?" Strongarm asks Marina, who stops the beeping on her ID and stands with her hands on her hips.
"Hmm, he's outside. Okay, better go see him. Catch you later, okay?" she says, dashing off as Strongarm cursed himself while watching her hips sway as she ran.
Marina arrives in Tails' office, who briefs her on the recent discovery that he went over with Cosmo. Marina listens intently, but her mind also wanders off to thoughts of the golden hedgehog. The night before proved to be full of surprises as her dreams showed his presence with her, his smile instilling a warm feeling with her. His words also hang within her head, "You don't need to feel constricted by these sessions. You can talk to me anytime, okay?" a pleasant thought crosses her mind. Tails is amused by Marina's face of anticipation for her session with Sonic.
"So you're all set, Marina. Sonic should still be outside on the front yard, since that's the last place I saw him." Tails says.
"Thank you, Tails. Better get there before he leaves!" she says, dashing out.
"Perhaps Cosmo is right...maybe she is the one who will relieve him from that rage..." Tails optimistically thinks.
Marina opens the door and heads into the front yard, looking all around. It's a very wide space with grass cut short and very colorful flowers on opposite corners of the area. Many people walk by, praising the garden work and sitting for a while, if only just to feel the fresh-cut grass. On the slanted part of the area, Marina spots Sonic laying in the grass, staring into the wide blue. She slowly lays down next to him, admiring the concentrated look in his eyes as he looks at the sky.
"I knew it was a Chaos Emerald that the cloud looked like." Sonic says, returning to a more happy expression before turning to Marina. "Work out?"
"Yes, I jogged here instead of driving today. I usually exercise at least three days out of the week in order to keep myself on top." she tells him, now sitting closer.
"I can tell. Must've worked up a sweat, but you definitely have muscles!" Sonic says.
"Hee hee, I guess so! Thank you. So, how's your day been?" Marina asks him.
"sigh...Dull. I've bored and by myself all morning..." Sonic says, staring intently in the sky.
"Poor thing...I can't believe that you're left by yourself so much..." she says, holding him when he rises up.
He lays back down afterwards and looks up, watching the clouds go by. Marina does the same, unable to understand why Sonic is left alone or without anything to entertain him. He gets up again and flys inside for a second, coming back out again after some time. He landed and laid back down, holding a small box in his hand.
"What's that you have there?" Marina asks Sonic, who gets up and smiles.
"Something you should have." he says, opening it and exposing a purple Chaos Emerald.
"It's...it's beautiful! Is this...is this really for me?" she asks him.
"Yup. I've put my will into this Chaos Emerald, Marina. If anything should happen, something I'm unable to help with, this will protect you, without a doubt." Sonic says.
"Oh my god...this is so beautiful...are you sure?" she asks, watching as he picks up a small pebble and chucks it, bouncing off of an apparent barrier around her.
"Looks like my will works just fine! Ha ha ha...anyway, yeah, I really want you to have that one. I don't really need the Emeralds since I've already...y'know." Sonic says.
"Oh my god, thank you so much! I'll never forget this, nor will I ever lose it. I promise!" she says, laying down next to him as he did so.
His eyes close as the relaxing air takes it's greatest effect on the hedgehog. Marina looks upon his sleepy form with admiration, a polite, passionate hedgehog enduring a struggle within himself and around him. She finds herself over his body, looking closer at him until she finds herself laying on his body. Her head rests against his chest as she listens to his low breathing, signifying his state of sleep. Marina soon realizes what's going on and holds herself above Sonic with her arms, still looking at his sleepy face. It's at this point that she realizes that she is attracted to Sonic in a different matter than she thought. She figured that she was simply friends with him, but at this point, it isn't looking likely.
She lays back down on his body, trying to think this through, determined to believe that they are just friends at the moment, plus she still has her duties to maintain. Suddenly, a feeling of intial shock comes to her when she feels a hand rubbing over her back. Marina looks to Sonic, who is simply looking at her with utter concern.
"Are you all right? You seem stressed, so..." he says, stopping his back-massaging.
"Umm...I'm all right, but...can you continue, please...?" she says, somewhat embarrassed.
"No problem." Sonic says, continuing with her massage.
Marina almost started purring from Sonic's soft hands carefully gliding over her back. It's a feeling that she cannot resist, her thoughts gliding away from earlier experiences with others and to what she feels now. As the message began to relax her, she began lightly gliding her hands down his neck and to his shoulders, lightly squeezing them to relax the hedgehog, who couldn't be more relaxed. Since he is still somewhat asleep, her massage seems to assist in it. Marina doesn't even mind when he starts rubbing down her backside and her thighs, a greater feeling entering her body. When she notices that he's stopped, she looks to see that he's fallen asleep again. At this point, she simply looks to him again, her face nearing his own.
"...Am I really going to...I don't think I should..." she questions herself, despite the fact that her face was getting closer to Sonic's.
"...I really don't think I should...but still, I..." she continues to think, now within lip range of Sonic.
That's when an awkward moment occurs. Sonic slowly opens his eyes, looking right into Marina's eyes and coming devilishly close to kissing her. Both faces go red right quick, since this is quite an embarrassing moment. Yet, even with that said, they maintain the same position for some time before Marina starts thinking again.
"Oh my god...that was too close...I can't believe I actually was about to do that...but his eyes...that face...it was all so attracting..." she thinks, still somewhat embarrassed.
"Man...that was too close...almost did something..." Sonic thinks to himself as she gets up, brushing herself off a bit.
"Oh man...well, come on, Sonic. Let's head inside, so we can get today's activities underway." she says, grabbing his hand and help him up as they walk back to the building. "If this is how close I can get, that's fine for now. she thinks as they enter.
Once inside, Marina stops and pulls Sonic to an alternate hallway, pulling him close so that his aura doesn't give them away. At the front desk are two hedgehogs, a red one with a blue hat and a gray suit on with a blue tie and black shoes. The other one is a dark-yellow hedgehog with a long green dress and purple shoes on. They seem to be talking to the receptionist about something.
"Please, we just would like to see our daughter." the male one says desperately.
"I apologize, sir. We don't know who your daughter is..." the receptionist says in response.
"Hey, who are those two, Marina?" Sonic asks her.
"Sonic...those are my parents...from HighMarine..." she explains to him.
"Aren't ya gonna go talk to them?" he asks her.
"I...I can't...I just left them...How can I speak with them after so long? There aren't even my parents anymore..." she tells him.
"They brought you to this world, Marina. They will always be your parents." he tells her.
"Are you...are you positive?" she asks, sounding a little unsure.
"Of course. Come on, I'll come with you. I'd like to speak with them myself." he says, walking out of the hall and up to the desk.
When Marina's original parents turn around, they are shocked. It only takes the sight of the red hedgehog to know that it's their daughter. They walk up to her, saying nothing at first, but exchanging nervous looks. Sonic taps his foot in impatience and coughs, breaking the silence.
"Come on, people! Speak to each other! You haven't seen each other in a few years!" he says, stepping back and waiting.
"Marina...how...how have you been, sweetheart?" her original mother asks her.
"I've been...well, I guess. What...about you guys?" Marina asks.
"We've looked for you...asked...looked so much, Marina...just so we could apologize." her original father says.
"A...Apologize?" Marina asks, stunned by that fact.
"We were too harsh...we should have cared more...Marina, sweetie, we're so sorry! Please come home!" her mother asks, running up to hold her.
Marina, however, refuses to return the embrace, surprising Sonic quite a bit. When her mother stops, she steps back, showing only sadness in her eyes.
"You...you both...are no longer my parents...I'd like you to understand that..." she says to them in a sensitive way.
"What...what do you mean...?" her father asks her.
"The ones who loved me...the ones who took care of me...they are the ones I call Mother and Father..." she says.
"Marina, we were only trying to..." her mother says.
"It was my fault for what happened that day...I wasn't careful...but you didn't need to dismiss it as simply that!" she yells out. "You could never understand the pain I felt...that's why I left HighMarine...and I'll never return..." she says.
"Please, Marina, understand..." they both say.
"She's made her choice. If you are the ones that gave birth to her, you'd understand that." Sonic says, done with standing around.
"Who...who are you?" her father asks.
"Don't worry about it. She told me what happened and to say the least, the fact that you came here in the first place is quite an accomplishment...but...you can't expect her to just go back. She doesn't deny you as her birth parents, but she doesn't consider you her loving parents. Understand that." he says.
"Sonic...thank you, I'll finish up here...Mom...Dad...I love you both, but it's no longer like that. I have my loving parents now, but I'll never forget you both...maybe one day, we can see each other again. Just not now..." she says, now embracing her long lost parents.
Sonic stands there, proud of her and passes the receptionist a tissue before levitating to his room to get his digital camera. A few minutes later, he snaps a picture of Marina and her original parents, gives them a copy and sees them off. There is a short period of silence as Marina waves them off, Sonic flying off to somewhere else.
"Wow, that was a quite a display." Strongarm says, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Yes, but it needed to be done." Marina says, patting the hand before walking back inside.
"That took a lot of courage to do that, Marina. I hope it rubs off on me..." he thinks before returning to his post.
Marina walks into Sonic's room and notices that he is not there. She checks outside and fails to see him out there at all. Finally, she checks her ID and finds out that he's in the Exercising Room on the left building. She enters and sees him, doing his mid-air flight style of running on a wheel, staring straight ahead from behind a glass wall. She smiles and walks up to the wall, placing a hand where Sonic is.
"Hey there." she says, smiling when his hand is placed at her own, from the other side of the wall, of course.
"Hey, very good job there. You came to terms with your past and emerged the same." he says.
"Well, sort of. I've changed in only one way." she says.
"How's that?" Sonic asks, curious.
"I've shed away the sadness and became better acquainted with what I really felt. I'm glad that I got to see them, so I could do that." she says.
"Well, I'm glad that you did that." he says, smiling again before continuing, eventually sleeping in the wheel.
Marina stepped on a treadmill and started jogging, looking at a special report on stress on a screen mounted to the wall. It seems to make a lot of sense to her as she looks at it. She turns to see that Sonic hasn't moved from his spot, now simply sitting there. He's watching her go, not taking his eyes off of her as she moves on the treadmill. She looks to him, maintaining her pace as she looks to him, smiling. He walks out and sits on a nearby chair, looking at some strange program showing two characters being hit with mallets.
"yawn...dull." Sonic says, flipping channels before napping in the chair.
"They should let Sonic do something else during the day, since he seems so tired..." Marina says, stopping her exercise about ten minutes later.
She looks at her watch and is happy with her results today. She gets ready to walk out until she looks to Sonic's sleeping form. Once more, she finds herself getting close to his face, snapping herself out of it this time. "I can't...I just can't..." she thinks to herself before stepping back a bit. She looks to him once more as she nears the door.
"I'll be all right...I'll head back a little later. Good night, Marina." he says, getting up and walking past her, floating to his room.
"Oh okay...Good night, Sonic! I'll see you tomorrow...okay?" she says, clutching the Chaos Emerald a bit.
"Sure thing." he says, turning to smile before dashing ahead.
She walks down the hallway, admiring the hard-working people who pull all-nighters to discover things. She then enters Tails' office and sees the fox asleep a bit.
"Tails? Why don't I have to work late?" she asks him.
"Huh?...Oh, Marina. Well, you're a helper assistant, so you don't need to do much else. That's why." he says.
"Oh, that would explain it. Good night, then." she says.
"Indeed, good night." he says, waving as she walks out.
When she reaches the main lobby, she encounters Strongarm once again. He's sitting, waiting until the clock reads "Shift Over" before punching the ticket. At that point, he heads over to her.
"Ah, Marina." he says, walking up to her.
"Strongarm, I remember you had something to ask me?" she asks him.
"Oh yeah...Marina, will you go out with me...maybe tomorrow night?" he asks her.
"Sure, sounds great. See you then." she says, walking out of the door.
"Yes, she said yes!" Strongarm says, jumping with joy a bit.
The next day, Marina drives in, wearing a short-sleeve pink button-up with large, red buttons, a short, pink skirt and little red rings around the tips of her ponytails. Around her neck is a silver chain holding the Chaos Emerald that Sonic gave her. Under her outfit is her familiar exercising outfit, since she wants to go at it again today. Once she enters, she notices Strongarm's gleeful expression, but continues to Sonic's space, where he's actually doing something.
"Hey Sonic, what are you doing?" she asks him, lightly tapping his shoulder.
"Hey there, just finishing this." he says, showing her a painting of the hillside outside.
"Wow, that looks beautiful." she says, looking at it.
"Heh, thanks. Well, better get to the wheel." he says.
They both head over to the Exercising Room and Marina unintentionally puts a show on for Sonic, taking off the pink shirt and skirt for her other outfit. After that, they do what they gotta do, with the sun nearly setting after they were done. Sonic steps out and opens the door for Marina, who walks with him after changing again. They reach his room in short order and Marina is a little nervous.
"Umm...Sonic?" she asks him, her nerves calming when she sees that he's turned around.
"Hmm?" he responds, turning to face her completely.
"Umm...well, I was wondering...if you weren't doing anything tomorrow..." she starts slowly.
"Uh-huh?" he says, listening to her carefully.
"If you weren't busy...would you want to go on...a date?" she finishes, closing her eyes somewhat.
Suddenly, she feels the hair over her eyes being moved by Sonic's finger. She opens her eyes to see the crimson eyes of Super Sonic before her, looking deeply within her. He places a hand to her shoulder, reassuring her that there was no reason to be nervous.
"I'd love to. See you tomorrow!" he says, smiling as he turned to walk off.
"O...Okay then! See you then!" she says, walking out and heading to her car.
Strongarm waited and greeted her as she let him inside, driving to a nice restaurant and movie theater. After that, she head back to the building and dropped him off.
"Thank you, Strongarm. See you later." she says, getting ready to bring up the window before driving off.
"Yeah, thanks a lot, Marina. Maybe we can go out again sometime." he says.
"I'll think about it." she says, rolling up the window and tearing off down the street.
After parking, she enters her house, hugging her parents before eating and entering the bathroom for her evening shower. As she bathed, the Emerald started glowing on and off, completely unnoticed by her. Marina hears a scream afterwards and runs downstairs to see her father being dragged away by a long, slender arm.
"MOM! DAD!" she yells, looking with horror at the mechanical squid-like creature pulling her parents away.
Suddenly, a golden bolt flew in and charged threw the beast, releasing Marina's parents in the process. The beast sank into the sea beneath her house, its arms scraping against the broken floorboards as it sank. Super Sonic gave a thumbs up as he circled around the floor and roof, repairing the house in classic cartoon fashion before leaving.
"Who...who was that?" her mother asks her.
"That's my patient, Mom...more importantly, his name is Sonic...and..." she says, helping her parents back to their rooms before heading to sleep.
The sun rose on a new day as she drove up, wearing her orange dress outfit and heading in. She lightly waved at Strongarm and walked to Sonic's space, who was sleeping gently. She lightly walks in, closing the door slowly before reaching him. She moves closer to his face, her lips finally touching his cheek, slighly waking him up. He smiles before she holds him, whispering in his ear..."Thank you, Sonic..."
-Yeah, a long wait but I did it. Get ready for the next one soon.