Secluded
8
Disclaimer: I don't own themmmmm….
I don't own the song at the bottom ether.
"Why?"
"Why is everyone dead?"
"Why?"
"Why did you kill them?"
Rouge snapped awake. Her clothes laid sprawled beneath and around her, laid to cover her privates. She looked around for Knuckles but did not see his body of matted red fur. Yet another dream that had her awaken in that horrible cold sweat. The sweet, innocent sound of chimes echoed during the whole experience. An island on flames, one lone figure crawling towards the ocean, dying…
No matter how hard she tried to remember, she could not name the killer or the dying person at the beach, but the horrible " ding ding ding ding ding ding dingdingding" of the chimes remained in her head, repeating over and over in a childish way, as if death was a good thing.
Not wanting to be seen in the nude, except maybe if by the eyes of Knuckles, she donned her clothing (What was left of it) and sent out to find him. Near the end of the oasis, Knuckles voice met her hears with a cheerful: "hey".
She looked up to see Knuckles perched on the limb of one of the trees, munching away at some sort of fruit, smiling down at her.
She beamed at him and flew up to join him; the happy memories of the previous night clouded the dark reminiscence of the nightmare.
She leaned up against his red body and planted a kiss on his dry lips (oooh rhymes).
"Knuckles as soon as we get off this damn island I'm going to buy you some chap stick" she said, smirking at her boyfriend.
Knuckles took another bite of the fruit.
"Ha ha. Don't even bother; my lips are only dry because I haven't had much to drink."
"Then get something to drink."
"No, I'm not thirsty."
"Just do it."
"Don't mother me!" he said, partially laughing.
They rested their heads on each other as a long silence passed. Their new partnership had relived each of them a great deal of stress and they felt almost relaxed on the peaceful island. The only sounds to be heard were the rustling of the tree levees and the jungle wildlife moving about the ground and canopy.
"Hey Knuckles" asked Rouge suddenly, breaking the silence between them.
"Yeah?" he replied.
"Do you have any parents?"
A mortified look came about Knuckles bitten face as he turned his head in shame away from Rouge.
"I had…a mother…"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't-"
"And a thing I guess I'm supposed to call "Father" he finished, whipping his head back to face Rouge with a face filled with so much hate and loathing, it made her heart skip beats.
……..
"Espio and Vector are gone?!" exclaimed Sonic, spit flying from his gaping mouth.
"Like dust in the wind. They told me that they were going to go join Shadow's tribe because they 'agreed with his way of thinking', or something stupid like that" snarled a frustrated and stressed Tails.
His eyes had gained a more sunken look to them and his tails dragged on the ground like lifeless dolls. Hair had began to fall from his normally furry body and his almost instinctive childish aura and almost faded away to nothing.
'Damn it!" yelled Sonic, slamming his fist into a nearby tree. Amy looked on at her two friends to the point she became as almost as weak and depressed as they had.
"Were the Hell are Knuckles and Rouge anyway?" yelled Sonic, flailing his arms in the air like a madman.
Tails took a deep sigh.
"I honestly don't know. I don't know what to think about anyone anymore. We're running out of fruit on this end of the island and Shadow was the only one who could efficiently hunt. I should have never allowed conflict to rear its ugly head. This is all my fault and we're gonna die damn it…"
"D-don't say that Tails!" exclaimed Amy. "So Shadow, Vector, and Espio are gone, it doesn't mean we can't get them to come back. And none of this was your fault, it was bound to happen."
"Than what do you suppose we do then?"
"Well, mabey…"
"Yeah?"
"Maybe…maybe we should join Shadow's tribe!"
Sonic slapped Amy with his tattered gloved hand.
She stumbled to the dusty ground, shredding the lower proportions of her dress on a pile of flint. She lifted her head and her eyes began to tear as she stared into Sonics infuriated face.
"Don't
give in to him! You know what he's capable of, he'd kill us all
in our sleep!"
"Sonic…" Amy whimpered, standing to look
him in the face.
Sonic met her gaze and stared for a good ten seconds.
"G-God damn it Amy! Damn it all to Hell!" spat Sonic, punching himself in the leg and leaving a hideous bruise.
Tails watched Sonic breakdown in front of him, knowing he could do nothing. He fiddled with his broken finger and waited for Sonic or perhaps Amy to off themselves right on the spot. He expected nothing less from the deteriorating minds of his friends.
………….
The situation could have been better, had Rouge not asked Knuckles that question, at least two members of their remaining troupe would have remained hopeful, but the question had triggered a long forgotten memory from Knuckles past.
"Knuckles?" asked Rouge, noticing his wavering figure grow to the point of chills.
"Yes my father, I've even managed to forget his name, but I'll never forget his face and what he did to me."
"W-what? What did he do?" asked Rouge, rather intrigued to learn about this man Knuckles claimed to hate with such a passion.
Knuckles picked up a twig from the ground and began to fool with it via his fingers (he never put his gloves back on).
"I don't remember much; I've done the best to block it out of my memory."
"So what happened?"
"I-I can't remember every detail. I was only about 2 or 3. It's really stressful to talk about, but…"
He turned his head, the redness of his face dissipating, and looked at Rouge while running his ungloved hand through her matted white hair.
"…I feel like I can tell you."
They smiled at each other for a bit before Knuckles continued with his story.
"It started at night. I was sleeping peacefully when I heard a scream. I woke up and looked for my mother to tell her about it."
He took a sigh.
"I found her; and my father with her blood on his hands."
Rouge gasped and covered her mouth as Knuckles continued through clenched teeth.
"I remember crying, and then I blacked out. It's all very fuzzy but I woke up on my father bed…"
Another pause.
"Being…Raped"
…….
"We're happy we decided to join your tribe Shadow."
"Yeah. I was getting sick of those friggin' bananas."
Shadow stood with his back facing a large tree. His leg had apparently healed since the crash (most likely due to his superhuman body) and the horrible stench of malice began to envelop his body the same way it had when the group first met him.
"I don't care about that. I don't care about them anymore. I just need to survive. "That little fox and his pals won't have much willpower for much longer…" he murmured through a twisted smile.
"W-what about Rouge, 'aint she your best friend?" asked Vector.
"She'll do what she can to survive. She's plenty capable, I know."
"If she's so good at surviving, why don't we have her join our tribe?"
The black menace chuckled to himself lightly.
"She will come to me in due time. If not…"
Shadow picked up his flint knife, still covered with the dried blood of the dead pig he had hunted earlier.
"…We'll kill her too."
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Korn
"Daddy"
Mother
please forgive me
I just had to get out all my pain and
suffering
Now that I am done, remember I will always love you
I'm
your son
Little child, looking so pretty
Come out and
play, I'll be your daddy
Innocent child, looking so sweet
A
rape in my eyes and on your flesh I'll eat
You've raped!
I
feel dirty
It hurt!
As a child
Tied down!
That's a
good boy
And fucked!
Your own child
I scream!
No one
hears me
It hurt!
I'm not a liar
My God!
Saw you
watching
Mommy why?!
Your own child
It's alright
I
didn't touch you there
Mama said she didn't care
I didn't
touch you there
That's why mama stopped and stared
I
fucking hate you! Mother fucker!
Mother Fucker! I fucking hate
you! Fuck You!
You son of a bitch, you fucking ruined my life!
I
wanted to die!
I'm sick of it, mother fucker . . . oh oh
Why'd
you fuck'n do it to me?
I Hate You!
I Fuck'n Hate You!
I
Hate You!
Why?!
I Hate You!
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A/N: I'm probably going to change the rating to "M", due to the increasing amout of…things.
The song above is there due to Knuckles story (will be continued in chap 9)
That song scares me too and can make anyone cry. I rarly listen to it but it worked pretty well to make this fic more emotional.
Sorry it took so long to get out. Its been Christmas and all so
yeah
