A/N: ok then on with chapter 8, oh yeah for reference this story is set in 3164, that's roughly when the comics are set.
10:37pm:
Theo knelt on a hill over looking the grandeur of Castle Acorn, his orange eyes surveyed the scene like a hawk looking for prey, the bitter wind bit into him and made his leather trench coat flutter in the breeze. Cynder was stood behind him, a walkie-talkie attached to her armour, a small laptop in her hand and a look of concentration on her face.
"27 guards in the courtyard, 14 on the first floor, 28 on the princesses quarters on the second and 20 around the kings quarters in the east wing of the third and, and 14 around the north tower. A total of 103 guards, all of which will have to be taken out, if we want to accomplish our goal" Cynder muttered, tapping several keys before putting the laptop away. Theo didn't respond, he simply stared at the guards patrolling the front gate, a burst of static came from the walkie-talkie and Mephiles's voice came through,
"Me and Chaos are in position, we are moving in for the attack, head in when ready" he paused then spoke again "And Theo, I can communicate with you through the psychic connection we share, if you concentrate whist you think of something, you can communicate with me also. Over and out."
Theo's eyes narrowed as he concentrated,
"Like this?" he thought, a dark whisper replied in his mind,
Yes, just like that
Theo smiled and stood up.
"I can feel the power running through that place" Theo said, "They've got security systems, galore down there. There's no way I can destroy the power in the Castle without either losing myself or severely injuring myself and others". Cynder smiled, wickedly as she began to change into her demonic form,
"Don't worry, my powers will amplify yours" her voice became dark and more seductive as she changed into her demon form. They began to walk down the hill, slowly keeping an eye on the castle, suddenly Theo felt warmth hit his body, he looked down and saw that a wispy beam of purple light was passing from Cynder's body into his own. He felt raw, unlimited power beginning to course through his veins, he held up his hand and saw that it was glowing slightly; he pointed it at a nearby tree, a stream of purple and orange electricity burst forth and incinerated it in seconds.
"Whoa" Theo breathed, "I've never felt so alive"
"With this power you can destroy anyone or anything in your way" Cynder whispered as her demonic form faded into the shadows that lay all around, and with that the purple light faded, but Theo could still feel the power surging through him. He sighed
"Guess I'm by myself for now".
He continued to walk down the grassy hill; each step slightly scorching the ground beneath, his body glowed slightly in the darkness. He kept his head down, looking at the long grass that brushed up against his legs, which quickly began to burn as the power inside him began to seep into the area around. After a few minutes, he walked onto a small stone path that led onto a quiet suburban street, illuminated by the orangey glow of streetlamps at regular intervals. Theo glanced around at the empty gardens, examining the flowering plants that blossomed from the soil. His footsteps echoed off the buildings, as he walked towards the moonlit walls of Castle Acorns outer walls in the distance. He let electricity build up in his hands, making it arc off and hitting the streetlamps at either side with a thunderous crack, the artificial orangey light of the towering lights began to glow much brighter as the orange and purple electricity hit them, bathing the street in an bright orangey hue. Many of the lights in neighbouring houses began to turn on and their inhabitants began to open their doors and windows to see the cause of the commotion. Theo still kept his head down, ignoring some of the shouts of recognition like; "That's Theo Arcrues", "Hey, that's that guy from the demon attack" and "What the hell is he doing?".
Then Theo heard some one run up to him and hug his leg, he looked at it and saw a small wolf black wolf cub, he guessed no older that 4 years old holding on to his leg, gazing up at him with his big green eyes.
"Mr Arcreus! Mr Arcreus! You're a hero, you saved everyone from those big, bad monsters", Theo stopped and shoved the cub off him, sending him clattering onto the ground.
"Get out my fucking way" Theo muttered, as the cub got up and ran off, bawling for his mother.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" One of the bystanders shouted at him, "Your suppose to be helping people",
"Don't tell me what my job is" Theo yelled at him, bring his hand up quickly, he discharged a dozen long bolts at the man and the people around him, their bodies were blown apart by the massive charge, their limb flying into the air and their blood coving the area around. Panic erupted all around, people began to run in all directions, either back into their homes or into backstreets, but Theo didn't attack them again, that attack he had just done was to inform them that he wasn't a force to be reckoned with. He began to run, making the electricity fade away from his hands as he did so, he ran faster than he thought was possible from him.
"You fool" Mephiles said inside his head "Someone needs to take out NICOLE next, if not she'll strike up the alarm and you'll be done for".
"Already on it" Theo said, he then jumped higher than he thought was feasibly possible, he rose and rose until he was over 50ft in the air, a smoke like gas was beginning to flow from his back and quills, it was as if he…. was becoming more and more demonic with every passing second. He span until he was on his side and launched two thick, continuous streams of electricity at the glass dome above and the nanite floor. When they struck their was a loud metallic boom as NICOLE's main program became overloaded with the megawatts of electricity that was flowing into it. The streams of electricity began to spread into anything around it; trees, houses even the air all around. Theo felt time speed up and slow down with insane speed, colour began to fade away from everything around him. The world faded away…
Falling, falling, falling until….THWACK! Theo hit the ground hard, he groaned and opened his eyes, it suddenly noticed that it was now daylight. He frowned and sat up. The whole world had changed, the homes that moments ago had been standing tall and proud, now lay in ruins, plants clawing over their smashed exteriors, the street was littered with burnt out cars that had been long since abandoned by their owners, weeds and grass pushed through every crack in the road. Theo got up and examined his body, a few bruises and cuts but otherwise he was ok, the smoke like gas that had been flowing from him moments earlier had now disappeared. He also noticed that Cynders given glow that had encompassed his body was gone,
"What the fuck?" Theo muttered, he then remembered Mephiles and immediately began to concentrate on thinking
"Mephiles? Mephiles are you there?".
No answer. He tried again, still nothing. He stopped trying and glanced around, in the distance he could see that Castle Acorn had been blown apart, its outer walls wiped out and the inner building was charred and ruined. Theo charged up the electricity in his hands and kept on edge, turning around sharply at the slightest breath of wind. He gingerly kept on walking forward, checking around every corner for any sign of danger. A gust of wind blew a scrap of newspaper against his leg, he stooped and picked it up, he then noticed the date, which made his stomach drop.
23rd July 3171
"3171? What the hell?" Theo said, he read on;
LEGACY VIRUS SPREADS ACROSS GLOBE: MILLIONS INFECTED
The virus has completely devastated over 150 of the world's major regions and is spreading rapidly.
At this point in time we know of only one method of killing the creatures: destroy the brain.
Be on the guard of any loved ones who may have recently been in any sort of contact could be infected.
And if you find yourself out in a threatening position, please do not hesitate to act.
Again.
This is not a test.
This is not a joke.
We as a species are overwhelmed.
We are outnumbered
"It's hard to believe isn't it?" a voice said behind him, Theo wheeled around, and saw a light grey hedgehog, with ruffled quills and deep orange eyes, a multitude of black veins crossed his body and his muzzle was covered in scars and cuts. He was wearing black body armor on his chest and ripped black trousers, along with a battered pair of black boots. Theo instantly recognized the person; it was himself but older and more battle worn. Theo walked forward, pointing at Future Theo
"Your me" Theo said, Future Theo shrugged,
"Isn't that obvious?"
Theo walked up until the two were face to face
"But you can't be" Theo murmured, Future Theo laughed
"I said the exact same thing, ok then, here's your proof; my name is Theo Arcrues, I'm 26 years old, my father is Mephiles the Dark and my mother is unknown. You just came from the year 3164, where you were trying to help Mephiles destroy the government, and you're afraid of your own power"
"My god" Theo muttered "But shouldn't we be causing a paradox, right now?"
"No, because it has already happened in my timeline, so I can't cause a paradox" Future Theo turned and began to walk away, orange electricity appearing in his hands "Keep close, this is an infected hotspot, they are everywhere, so be careful".
The two hedgehogs began to walk down the deserted road, electricity charged in both of their hands.
"What happened here?" Theo asked, Future Theo grimaced
"The government, that's what, they still kept the Legacy Gene in containment in labs across the planet even after the Neon City incident, one day they moved it into experimental biochemical weapons with intention of using it against Acorn Kingdom's enemies, but it went wrong. Excuse me for a second" Future Theo pulled a walkie-talkie from his belt and switched it on, "Levinski, how are the scavenge crew going?"
"We're fine comrade. We found several boxes of tinned fruit downtown and we are heading back to base."
"That's great, pass me on to Ghost for a minute please" There was a burst of static as Levinski passed it to Ghost, then Ghosts gruff voice came through.
"Hey Theo, did you find the more annoying, more stupid version of you?"
"Hey!" Theo shouted, Future Theo laughed
"Yeah I found him, we are heading back to base"
"Right, you better hurry back, your wife's getting pretty worried about you"
"WHOA WHAT?" Theo yelled as Future Theo turned the walkie-talkie off and replaced it on his belt "I HAVE A WIFE?"
"Keep you fucking voice down, or the infected will hear us" Future Theo hushed "And I have a wife, you don't". They continued to walk
"Who's your wife?" Theo asked,
"Chaos" Future Theo stated
"You married Chaos? What happened to Blaze?" Theo asked, Future Theo growled
"That slut left us all to be with her friends in the government along with Sonic and all the other Freedom Fighters and their families"
"What? Why" Theo asked
"That bring me neatly to the next bit, after the first missiles were launched containing the Legacy Gene, small areas of the planet were effected but the government had sealed them in quarantine, but it spread out of control, the Legacy Gene is the perfect weapon, its efficient, it's incurable and its fucking scary. Anyway within months, the virus had spread over 60% of the planet, the government knew it was incurable so they gathered up their top officials and heroes like the Freedom Fighters and Acorn Royal Family and left the planet and began living inside the ARK, they had extended it so it contained biospheres that could grow plants and wildlife. We've tried to gain contact but they're completely cut off from us".
"How could they?" Theo said, Future Theo shook his head
"I don't know, Chaos was the only one left I could trust, Mephiles had returned to the demon world along with Cynder, but a few of us-" There was a violent bang and a multitude of snarls from behind them, they both turned and saw at least 30 infected about 300 meters away running towards them, their howls and snarls getting louder and louder. Theo raised his hand, but Future Theo stopped him
"Don't, if you shock them, you'll only make them more pissed"
"So what do we do?" Theo yelled
"RUN!"….
A/N hope you guys liked that. Let me know what you guys think even if you've never reviewed on this story before. I would also like to know whether you guys like Future Theo's character. Till next time!