My present used to be full of chaos, terror, destruction, and flames. That's the past. Now, my present world is just like every other city except it's more advanced when it comes to technology. Planes last longer in the sky. Subway trains ride above the streets and next to the tall skyscrapers. Cars hover magnetically, and the pavement no longer exists for city streets. Our sidewalks are metal plates collect sunlight for energy in the buildings next to them. Wind turbines sit on the hills that look down at our beautiful, almost glass city. Actually, it's funny because this is called Glass City. Why? Though the buildings are made out of mostly clear metal, the sun reflects down on them as if they were made out of glass, so now you see where we got the name from?
As guardian of Glass City, it's my job to glide around to see if there's any trouble and stop it from happening. Lately, I've been using my telekinetic powers to toss petty thieves into police cars. There's nothing much to do around Glass City since almost everything is perfect. Still, it's my job to see that everyone is safe from harm. It's a boring job, but it's not an exciting one either.
If there's anything I remember from my former present, it's the fact that I've been busy with trying to keep Iblis in line. Not only that, but I've had a friend to help me. My last memory of Blaze is when she seals Iblis into her own body and became the future Iblis trigger if something bad happens to her. Then, I've sent Blaze to another world to protect her from history repeating itself. After Sonic has changed the past, I don't know where she is or if she exists in this time period. In this present, I'm not alone, but I don't have a partner when it comes to fighting evil as I used to.
The sun goes down, and the moon shines on Glass City now. The street lights flicker from under the sidewalk and street tiles. Most of the apartments have their lights off since people are going to go to sleep on a work night. Everyone seems to be at home except me. I'm still busy trying to watch out for criminals. I hop from building roof to building roof to get a better glance of the streets. For an odd reason, I'm more energetic at night. I don't live on coffee or stuff like that, but I still manage to stay awake throughout the day. On a Friday night, everyone should be out doing something interesting, but the streets and sidewalks are empty. I'm confused, but that makes my job somewhat easier.
"I think I should hit the hay for the night," I whisper to myself after a long hour of nothingness and flying around. I fix my gold, blue-striped bangles and head to the inner part of the city, where my apartment is located. It isn't a moment into the flight when dark clouds start to rumble. It makes me shiver, but I think nothing of it and continue my way. All of the sudden, a red bolt shoots down, and I'm only lucky to fall onto another roof before getting struck to death. "What the heck was that?"
Police sirens sound and grow louder as they pass the building I'm standing on. Police choppers zoom like jets overhead. The wind brews harsher, blowing my spiky hair back.
"This is something odd," I say to myself. "Well, that means I can take a challenge for once."
I jump from roof to roof until I arrive at Town Quarters, where the mayor is trapped inside. Police hover cars surround the entrance, where a red, fiery figure hobbles around like a peg stork. It's more than obvious to see that this creature is not human or anything natural to the normal level. Its white eyes are glowing to the point that it's blinding. The police officers have their guns held high and goggles over their eyes to see clearly.
The head of the squad calls out, "On my mark, men. Aim. Fire!"
Guns blast at the beast, but as soon as the bullets strike, they go through the body and pierce through the Town Quarters column on the building's right side. The beast of flames and liquid heat doesn't move a muscle. The bullet marks were nonexistent.
"That did nothing!" freaks one of the lower class officers.
"Pull back, men!" mandates the head, "Pull back!"
The creature doesn't even move from that spot after the police begin to retreat. He only stands and shoves fear into the police officers' souls.
"Well," I say with a heavy sigh, "it looks like it's my turn to take control." I leap off the roof and land on my two feet and right hand to keep my balance. Behind me come the "It's Silver the Hedgehog!" and "Silver can defeat that monster!" As much as I like an audience, my attitude towards a battle is making sure that everyone is safe from harm. Overall, I'd rather not have anyone in my way as I'm fighting. "Alright, Fire Ball," I tell the creature, "if it's a fight you want, you got it."
The moment the fire monster hears my voice, it lifts up its right arm, and it stretches until its hand is close to my face. I jump to my left direction and roll.
"Not bad, but let's see if you can dodge a little bit of telekinesis." I snap some of the garden rocks into my force field, and they go swinging at the thing with every punch I throw. A few rocks miss due to my bad aiming, but when they do fly at the beast, it blocks them with a fiery shield. "It's no use dodging me! Try something bigger." I slash my hand down the middle of the monster, and a giant tree branch breaks from its master and falls on top of it. The figure becomes a mash of magma pretty quickly, and there are almost two halves of this creature by the time the branch stops moving on the ground. "There! Finished with you."
The burning glop trembles, burning the branch into nothing. Once the consumption is finished, the magma of the monster slithers like a serpent past my feet and onto the sidewalk.
"Hey, where are you going, Lava Puddle?" By the time I can catch up with the monster, it already disappears into the sewer drain. What idiot goes into the place where it's going to die? "Well, that ends that, I guess. I better get back home before Caylyn starts having a heart attack about my whereabouts." With that said and done, I wall-jump from one of the shopping buildings and glide my way back to the apartment. There are still questions rambling in my head. What was that creature? Since when did it show up? Lastly, where did it come from? As much as I want to stay up all night to figure that out, I have priorities, and that beast isn't one of them tonight.
