AN: Watch as I reference two of my favorite games in one chapter! Starcraft and Half-Life FTW! Anyway, Tails and Frost kick some ass a la Protoss. (Did I spell that right?)If you're wondering, I accidentally uploaded this chapter when it wasn't complete. Whoops!
Chapter Three: Paranormal
She's so beautiful… Tails absent-mindedly thought. Whoa! Did I just think that?! Sheesh, I'm not gonna fall in love that fast… or did I already? He shook his head, as if trying to get the thought out of his mind: he had more important business to attend to.
"So, what did you want to tell me?" Tails asked Frost, finally deciding to strike up conversation.
"First, what Sonic's doing is no fault of his own. He's possessed by one of the 'three demons', incorporeal life-forms which want to take over earth."
"Huh?"
"The weakest, and the one that is possessing Sonic, is Daimios: the demon of terror, he only kills if it means that he stays in power longer. The others are Phoebus and Aries, of pain and war respectively. They have no qualms over killing millions of people to reach their goal, but they still fight each other," Frost explained, wondering if Tails would believe her. Her hand started inching toward the Browning High-Power holstered in her boot, just in case Tails didn't trust her…
"Ok, not exactly what I had expected, but oh well."
"Huh?"
Tails suppressed a laugh. "I thought Sonic had decided to imitate Gordon Freeman when he was drunk, then thought he was Gordon. It's called mind-reset syndrome," Tails said, a shiver going up his spine, "and I've fallen victim to it before. I still don't think I got over it."
"Why do you say that?" Frost asked, wondering if this was a bad sign.
"I thought I was Adrian Shepherd."
"The guy from Half-Life: Opposing Force?"
"Yeah. He was a sharpshooter," Tails sighed, "and I'm still a better shot then Shadow."
Frost raised a questioning eyebrow. "Anyway, I've encountered these things before, but I never figured out how to kill them: they jumped to another body just as the one they were using died."
Tails thought for a moment. "I think I might just have an idea in that department…"
(Station Square)
"THIS IS UNIT 75! WE NEED ASSISTANCE!" someone screamed into a radio; a second later, his brain was splattered all over the pavement from one of Sonic's high-speed kicks.
"Shit, Sonic's going down!!!" Shadow cursed, racing to the site of the battle. He skidded to a stop as Sonic took out the last of the solders.
"So, we meet again, with our roles reversed, Shadow."
"Commander Shadow to you!" he yelled, getting into a fighting stance. Sonic attacked first, using a simple homing attack; Shadow deflected it, tried to counter-attack and found himself skidding across the pavement.
(Start music: His World (Sonic's theme, Sonic the Hedgehog 2006))
Tails walked up. "You can guess why I'm here," he said, "can't you?"
"Do you seriously think you can beat me?" Sonic asked. He got his answer when two yellow energy blades appeared from devices on Tails' wrists. "Well, well, a new parlor trick? Not like you can beat me alone, even with those…"
"Then you're not noticing someone," Tails said, just as Frost walked up behind Sonic, with similar blades on her wrists, only colored blue.
Sonic's smile was replaced with a frown. "YOU!"
"You're going down, Daimios!"
'Sonic's' face changed to one of terror. "How do you know my name?!"
"Simple. Your name describes what you do: Daimios means 'terror' in Latin. And I figured that the only thing that would do this was a demon," Frost explained, her tone extremely condescending.
"Seems the countdown to your demise has started," Tails said, shifting into his fighting stance: one blade held vertically as a shield, the other drawn back and ready to stab with. He felt different…
…he felt badass.
Tails dashed at Daimios, slashing all the way; Daimios dodged to the side, only to meet Frost's blades.
"AHHH!!! That hurt!!!" Daimios screamed, realizing the blades only hurt him; he felt his control over Sonic slipping. "Psi-blades! You cheating basterds!!!" Daimios screeched at them, spinning up…
Tails simply crossed his blades to form a shield. Daimios bounced off, cursing all the way. "I'll free Sonic from your control, no matter what it takes!" Daimios attacked him again; this time, Tails backflipped out of the way, did a handspring, kicked off the wall behind him, and rammed Daimios with his blades. Daimios fell flat on his back, twitching; Tails jumped, and used the inertia of his fall to jam his right blade in Daimios' gut and backflip off. Although the blade didn't hurt him, Sonic (who knew what was going on for the last couple minutes) did feel like throwing up.
"No… NO!!!" Daimios screamed, loosing control.
"GET… THE FUCK… OUT OF MY HEAD!!!" Sonic yelled, struggling to keep in control. Sonic started to scream as a red cloud seemingly appeared out of nowhere above him, taking the form of Daimios.
(End music)
"Oh well, now you can't hurt me! HA!" the creature said, thinking he had attained victory.
"Think again!" Frost countered, holding her hand out almost like she was trying to stop someone, "PSIONIC STORM!!!" A bolt of psionic lightning leapt from her palm, blasting Daimios with the psychic equivalent of twenty million volts. The cloud recoiled, screaming out a call of pure hate.
"YOU BITCH! MY BROTHERS WILL GET YOU FOR THIS!!!" Daimios screeched, his voice distorting until it was gone; the cloud dissipated, leaving nothing behind.
Frost's stern look faded, as she looked over at Tails. "Let's go."
"Who… who are you?" Shadow asked, stunned by the battle that had just taken place.
"That's for us to know, and you to find out," Tails said, using Chaos Control to warp out, taking Frost and Sonic with him.
(Police HQ)
"You're sure it was Daimios?" the person that Shadow was calling was obviously not associated with GUN.
"Yes, sir. I don't see how we could stop him, or the other prototypes," Shadow answered; the person on the other end let out a sigh.
"I'll make a few calls…"
AN: Oh shit, prototypes? What the hell's going on here? And whose side is Shadow on? Something smells fishy…