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In Crisis City, roughly 200 years in the future, a lone ivory hedgehog surrounded by a teal light floated through the ruined and occasionally flaming skyscrapers, looking at all the damage that could not collect money from a lack of insurance. "My name's Silver…and this is my story. This world was devastated before I was born. A harsh, bleak place, where we live in eternal darkness. Life is a struggle, and people live without hope. How did this happen? No one will answer me directly. But they always point…to the flames." He began to no one in particular. He stopped as a massive flame shot up in front of him and, in a showoff sort of way, created a teal light that extinguished the flame. "These flames. They burn away at my world, destroying everything in their path. They come from an eternal life form that we cannot truly defeat. The Flames of Disaster known as Iblis…"
"Silver!" he heard a female voice called and turned to see a lavender cat rushing towards him before skidding to a stop on the edge of the ruins.
"Blaze! What's wrong?" asked Silver.
"What do you think is wrong?" replied Blaze. She pointed behind her. "He's appeared again."
"Man, doesn't that guy ever take a break?" Silver responded as she lowered her finger and he gave a determined look before taking off in the direction Blaze pointed in.
"Or you can, you know, not pick me up and we can go together!" called Blaze as she took a running start and began to jump off different structures as she followed the psychic hedgehog.
Running on a ruined street without any tripping, Blaze and Silver skidded to a stop at the edge of a lava pool, narrowly avoiding falling in as Iblis rose out of the pool and roared. Shielding their eyes as flames rose up in front of them, Blaze and Silver uncovered their eyes and Silver snapped, "Come on you monster! Let's get this freakin' over with!"
Watching as Iblis sank back into the lava, Blaze had her arms crossed as she remarked, "Looks like we stopped it for now."
"But it'll just rise up from its ashes again." Silver started as he slammed his fist against a stone wall and instantly regretted it as pain surged through. He shook his arm until it regained feeling and placed it on the wall before leaning his head on it. "What's the point of all this? It'll never end! You know, I'd just like five minutes where I'm not fighting some fire monster thing. That's all I want! Five flippin' minutes!"
Looking at Silver, Blaze responded, "Calm down Silver. Don't be so whiny. It'll give you a bad image."
"Then tell me what we should do. How can we completely destroy Iblis so we can be done with this fighting this fire monster crap and we can take on something else?" retorted Silver and Blaze turned away from him.
After a few moments, they heard someone begin, "By knowing the truth, of course." Blaze and Silver looked up behind them and the duo saw a suspicious looking hedgehog standing above them, waving his hands for emphasis as he continued to speak without a mouth. "Just as a flower comes from a seed, or a chicken comes from an egg, everything has an origin-"
"Uh, excuse me suspicious looking potential villain guy that seems to be talking without a mouth. Do you have a point through all these metaphors and comparisons?" interrupted Silver.
"Silence. You need to find the being originally responsible for this catastrophe." The stranger continued.
"Why didn't you just say that in the first place? Is that really the answer to our problem? Tell me, do you know who it is?" Silver replied as he pointed at the stranger and the figure looked at him as though Silver was questioning his methods with his lizard-like eyes.
Following the guy that they never got the name of, but guessed it was Mephiles, Blaze, Mephiles, and Silver came into a room with a computer that looked almost brand new as Mephiles began, "To fix this present timeline, you need to change the past."
Stopping, Blaze and Silver gave looks that said that this guy was crazy for coco puffs with that idea and Silver broke the silence as he pointed out, "But, that's impossible! Did you really think this through?"
"Silence. With my help, you can, because I have the power to travel through time!" explained Mephiles.
Silver started with wide eyes, "No way! That is so cool! That-"
"Silence. In order to change the past…You must eliminate the individual who awakened Iblis…The Iblis Trigger." Mephiles continued.
"If I eliminate that guy, will our world be saved?" Silver questioned and Mephiles nodded to answer his question. "But, can't I go to jail for killing him?"
"Silence. It is irrelevant," Mephiles responded and turned to face Blaze and Silver, "the Day of Disaster…Here are my records of this event. This is when Iblis was freed and his flames were released into the world."
Mephiles typed something into the computer and Blaze and Silver looked at the screen as several different pop ups appeared. Both of them said nothing and Mephiles faced them as he took out the Purple Chaos Emerald. "And you have this person to blame." Mephiles continued and held it out to Silver, who took it.
Although the other two did not see it, an image of a cobalt hedgehog surrounded by flames appeared, giving a slightly maniacal look. Silver proclaimed, "I see it! So, that blue hedgehog's the Iblis Trigger? He does look the part for it."
"Blue hedgehog…" Blaze repeated, knowing she did have an experience with a blue hedgehog at one point, but did not remember any details that could help in the situation and Silver handed the Purple Chaos Emerald back.
"Yes. A blue hedgehog. I'll send us back in time to the point when the Iblis Trigger was alive." Mephiles finished as he turned away and created a ball of violet energy before turning back to the other two and holding out his hands, resulting in the energy to surround the three of them and when the energy faded away, the trio had disappeared.
Dropping out of some sort of swirling purple object in Tropical Jungle, Silver landed on the ground as it disappeared. Looking around, he picked up a blade of grass and questioned, "Wow. What is this stuff? Can it be what I think it is?" He was half tempted to nibble it to confirm what it was, but went against it. "This has to be grass."
Tossing the grass away, he looked around and went into Panic Mode as his situation became more realistic. "Where am I? What was that thing?" he asked. He looked to see neither Blaze or Mephiles near him and ran around in circles. "Blaze? Blaze! I guess we all got separated."
Taking a few minutes to stop moving, calm down, and regain his composure, Silver felt like someone kicked him in the jewels from not having his closest friend to guide him. Soon, the feeling was gone after he had a quick "What Would Blaze Tell Him To Do" conversation, which roughly ended with Blaze telling him to quit moaning and buck up. Finally calming down, he spun around as he looked at his surroundings, able to identify objects which he was taught about as a young hedgehog. "This is so unbelievable. I mean, there are trees and flowers and everything." He remarked. He then remembered why he made the trip and if he did not succeed, everything was going to be torched and he made his hand into a fist. "Now, I must fight for the future!"
Running in a random direction, Silver narrowly avoided injuring himself as he nearly ran into a tree.
On a beach near Wave Ocean, Blaze took a couple of steps as she looked around. Stopping as she put her hands on her hips and looking at some random homes, she commented, "So, this is the past…I hope Silver is OK. He's pretty insecure when he's alone…especially in unknown places." She bowed her head slightly. "The Iblis Trigger…Blue Hedgehog…why do I know a blue hedgehog from somewhere?"
After a few minutes, she looked up with a determined look and began to search for both Silver and the reason that they came here in the first place.
It was nighttime when Silver finally saw the Iblis Trigger in person. Ignoring the fact the guy he was supposed to obliterate rescued the Princess of Soleanna from some fat guy with a huge mustache, he decided that the Iblis Trigger let the guy nab the Princess in the end as part of his elaborate scheme to destroy the world. Raising his right hand into a fist, Silver dramatically remarked to no one in particular, "I've finally found him…the Iblis Trigger!"
Jumping off his perch, Silver landed and thought about how he got to this moment. After asking countless people if they saw the Iblis Trigger, only to have them look at him like he was a nut job and give him some phone numbers to psychiatrists and even a mental hospital, his perseverance paid off. Caught up in his day dream of getting presented with endless awards, trophies, and other tokens of gratitude for his heroism, Silver failed to hear a girly voice cry, "Finally! There you are! Now I've got you Sonic!"
Snapping out of his daydream as a pink hedgehog tackled him into a hug, Silver went into a slight panic as he felt his personal bubble was being invaded and exclaimed, "Hey! What the Hell is this?" The hug got tighter and he tried harder to break free. "Holy crap! Are all people in the past this clingy? Or can I press charges for this or something?"
"Oh, you silly Billy! It's about time I finally caught you again!" the pink hedgehog responded. She opened her eyes and saw Silver. "Hey! You're not Sonic! Not this again! Umm…I'm sorry!"
"Hey! What the heck is going on?" Silver continued as the girl let him go and slapped him away from her, nearly causing him to go head first off the building. "You just don't go and slap someone after you assault them like that!"
"Well, excuse me! You got in the way of Love!" she retorted and Silver was half tempted to give her the phone numbers he got.
Looking in the direction of his target, Silver began, "Ah, I'm… Hey, where'd he go?" He searched to make sure his eyes were not paying tricks on him that somehow made him lose the Iblis Trigger. "Damn it! He must have run off!"
"I'm sorry. Did you miss someone because of me?" she apologized and Silver decided to hold his tongue with one of the responses he had in mind. "Cause I am sorry."
Shaking his head as he thought of his new plan, Silver replied, "Ah…it's okay, I'm sure the guy I'm looking for is still on the island. I'm sure I can still find him. I mean, it is an island. There's not too many ways off it."
"Well then, I'll help you!" the girl cheerfully declared as she grabbed her hand. "It'll be fun!"
"What? How is searching for someone who intends to destroy the world fun?" Silver questioned as he gave a surprised look from the sudden mood swing this girl had.
"Two heads are better than one when looking for someone!" continued Amy. "It always is-"
Feeling slightly pressured in the situation, Silver interrupted, "Hey, just wait a second! This is a lot for me to take in-"
"Oh, stop being so whiny. What's your name?" the pink hedgehog cut off.
Sighing at how this conversation was going, Silver hung his head low as he answered, "Silver."
"Silver? That's a nice name." the pink hedgehog replied. Obviously, she failed to realize that was not the sort of response Silver wanted when someone heard his name. "I'm Amy Rose. It's nice to meet you!"
"Ah…Hey, wait!" exclaimed Silver and he was completely helpless as Amy dragged him away. "This isn't what I had in mind!"
Wandering behind Amy through Dusty Desert, Silver learned to tune out her ramblings about this Sonic guy as she hunted him down. "Hmm…I sense Sonic's presence here. Call it my girlish intuition," Amy remarked and Silver raised an eyebrow, "I've learned how to track him."
Stopping as he shook his head and put his hands on his waist, Silver held back a comment that roughly said her "girlish intuition" must clearly be out of whack if it led them from the city to a desert. "What am I doing? I mean, I don't know why I'm following you. I hardly know anything about you...and I've got a pretty big issue to deal with." He remarked to no one in particular.
Stopping as she heard him, Amy turned to face him and apologized, "Sorry. As soon as I find Sonic, I'll help you find who you're looking for Silver, but my issue is bigger than yours."
"I really doubt it." Replied Silver. He scratched the back of his head as he looked around until he stared at the sky and stopped scratching his head. "This looks so beautiful."
"What? You mean this desert? It's just full of sand." Amy responded. She kicked some of the grainy substance to prove her point. "Just sand, sand, and more sand."
"Everything is so great here, isn't it? The sky is gorgeous, and everyone's happy…" explained Silver. "It isn't like this where I came from."
"Where did you come from?" Amy questioned. "Cause it sounds like an awful place."
Choosing not to disclose this or any other information about his mission or himself since she seemed like one of those girls who would guilt you out of doing something, Silver faced her and declared, "Let's go. I'll help you find who you're looking for. The sooner you find who you're looking for, the sooner I find the guy I'm looking for, the sooner I can take him out, and the sooner I can save the world."
Amy nodded and Silver led the way as the pair of hedgehogs raced away.
Strolling down a street in Soleanna behind Amy, Silver listened to her continue her rant about this Sonic guy and she commented, "I can't believe we haven't located Sonic yet. Gee, I wonder where he went. He must've gotten REALLY good at hiding from me."
"Uh huh, yeah, no kidding." Silver replied, not really paying attention to what she was saying after losing all his energy from before.
"I'll find him. I always do." Amy concluded and while she continued to search with a fake pair of binoculars, Silver noticed something and gasped as he realized what he saw.
Walking through a street in Soleanna, a blue hedgehog stopped the Princess of Soleanna and picked her up as they jumped out of the way of a teal blast, the Princess screaming until the cobalt hedgehog put her down. "Finally! I've been looking for you. You're the Iblis Trigger!" The pair heard Silver begin and they saw Silver drop down from the sky like he was almighty or something. He pointed at the blue hedgehog accusingly. "Your actions will condemn us all!"
"Oh great. They added another hedgehog to the series…and a REALLY funny looking one." The blue hedgehog muttered, loud enough to make sure Silver heard him and the cobalt hedgehog shielded the Princess behind him. "Who are you?"
"Hey! That's uncalled for!" Silver snapped. He raised his hand in a way that proved he wanted to go for a couple of rounds. "My name is Silver. For the future of the world, I will destroy you!"
"Geez, isn't that kinda harsh? I mean, killing me because I insulted you is…ah, forget it. Let's settle this hedgehog-to-hedgehog." Retorted the blue hedgehog and continued to shield the Princess while she just covered her mouth in shock. "FYI. I'm Sonic the Hedgehog and I'm going to kick. Your. Ass!"
Bending down to look at the cobalt hedgehog that he took down and was also on his hands and knees, Silver remarked, "Hmph! Is this a joke? How could someone like you cause the destruction of our world?" He quickly looked around for Ashton Kutcher to pop out and say "You've been Punk'd!" before looking back at Sonic. "Seriously."
Neither of the hedgehogs or Elise noticed two robotic arms coming up from behind Elise. Still recovering from the attack, Sonic replied, "What do you…mean? And what's your problem? You just don't go attack random people for no reason."
"It doesn't matter. For the sake of the future, the Iblis Trigger must be destroyed!" Silver answered as he stood up.
"Uh, it kinda does matter because you're trying to kill me!" snapped Sonic and Silver prepared to finish the job when they both heard Elise scream. They looked to see the Princess of Soleanna being grasped tightly in a robotic arm and the pod flying away. "Elise? Wait!"
Sonic got up and started to race after the pod and Silver jerked his hand, causing a teal light to appear and make Sonic eat tarmac as he hit the ground. "Hey! Don't you dare turn your back on me!" Silver sneered.
"Hey! I was just going to rescue the Princess-" Sonic protested, still on the ground with his back turned to Silver.
"Yeah, right." Scoffed Silver.
"Seriously? What's your problem?" Sonic snarled, now on his hands and knees.
" It's time I finally put an end to this!" Silver declared and, once again, raised his hand to finish the job.
"Stop!" they both heard a familiar girly voice cry and Amy rushed in between the two hedgehogs, shielding the guy from him.
"What the…Amy?" responded Silver. He still had his hand raised to finish off Sonic, but did not move. "Get out of my way Amy! This is my mission!"
"Absolutely not!" snapped Amy, ready to defend her idol and leaving Silver conflicted at what to do.
"Thanks Amy. I appreciate it. You finally managed to prove that you're more than an obsessive stalker." Sonic thanked as he got to his feet and took off.
Ignoring the last sentence in the statement, Amy told him, "Leave it to me. Nobody's gonna take out my man."
Not paying attention to her response, Sonic just focused on running in the direction Elise was being held hostage by the robot.
Still holding her arms like she was shielding the love of her life, Amy interrogated Silver with extreme hostility in a way that her Piko Piko Hammer could never hurt, "The person you were looking for was Sonic? Were you planning to kill him? I would've never helped you!"
Taken aback by this statement, Silver turned away and protested, "I've got no choice here! He's responsible for destroying my world. I-"
"That's crazy! Sonic would never do that! Sonic's not that sort of guy! He's a hero!" Amy retorted as she lowered her arms and Silver felt his conscious was trying to get in a word or two.
"But it's true! In the near future, his actions will cause the devastation of my world! So I must…otherwise the world-" began Silver as he turned back to face her.
"No, I don't believe it! Even if that was true, if I had to choose between the world and Sonic, I would choose Sonic!" Amy firmly declared. "So screw you jerk!"
"Yes! That's the line to prove that Amy and Sonic are destined to be together!" Sonamy Shippers cheered and began to do things to support their pairing.
Before he could make a heartless remark and point out that if there was no world, there would be no Sonic, Amy took off and Silver was left alone to think about his actions and his conscious to tell him off about what his mission meant.
Sitting on a deck on the beach, Silver looked out at the ocean, his hands in his lap and deep in thought. "Finally I found you. So, this is where you are. I've been looking for you." He heard a female voice start and Silver turned around to see Blaze walk up to him before he turned back to the ocean. "What's wrong?"
"I've been sitting here thinking, hoping I'd have some sort of epiphany." Silver answered, still staring at the water.
"And?"
"Well, uh, Blaze…To kill someone to save the world…Is that really the right thing to do? Isn't there another way to save the world without killing someone?"
"Uh, how do I say this without making you take this the wrong way? You're so naïve! Whether it's right or wrong, I can't really say…But what I do know is, if we don't take this chance, the future will remain exactly as it is." responded Blaze as she crossed her arms.
"Yeah, I know, but I can go to jail and have it bothering me for the rest of my life, and well, never mind," Silver replied as he stood up and nodded, "since he's after Dr. Eggman, let's sneak into Eggman's base. Maybe we'll learn something new."
Running through the base in White Acropolis, Blaze and Silver stopped and looked around to see it was deader than a door knob. "Whoa. This place is empty. Looks like we've arrived a little too late." Commented Silver.
"Geez, no kidding. There's no one here." Blaze replied sarcastically and Silver shot a dirty look at her.
"There's no need to be a smart mouth." Silver snapped back. The ground began to shake as they heard the sound of something huge coming in their direction and Blaze and Silver looked around until they saw what it was. "What? Oh no!"
Defeating Egg-Genesis, Silver noticed something blue glimmering in the snow, which he was starting to hate due to the fact it was too cold. Kneeling down as he reached for it, he noticed it was a fair-sized rock that could be sold on eBay for A LOT of rings and questioned, "Whoa. What is this?"
"You dummy. You don't know what that is?" Blaze responded as she walked up to him with a somewhat surprised look. Silver looked at her as he stood up and he gave a confused look. "OK, whatever. That's a Chaos Emerald. It's said this gem can transform your thoughts into power. Collect seven, and a miracle's supposed to happen. Keep it as a lucky charm."
Looking at the valuable gem as Blaze walked away from him, he echoed, "It transforms your thoughts into power…" He raced after Blaze before she got too far away. "I better not lose it!"
Amy crept through a building, unsure of how she got into where she was. "Hmm…I've been trying to find Sonic but now I think I'm in trouble. It looks like I got into jail." Amy told herself. "Well, I've got three explanations on how I got here. One, my "girlish intuition" is off. Two, Sonic got himself into jail and I need to rescue him. And three, maybe Sonic got a restraining order and I violated it."
She hid along a wall to see if she could get an answer to her question. Looking around it, she saw robots in the hallway a little ways down and obviously would not help her. "Maybe I should just walk away real quietly before they spot me." She decided.
Getting away from the wall, she turned to follow her decision and nearly walked into a door as it swung open and some girl rushed out of it, almost colliding with Amy. There was a slight awkward moment as they looked at each other and the moment was interrupted by a PA announcement of, "Prisoner has escaped from Cell Block C-17. All patrolling guards begin searching immediately."
Knowing that if this girl got caught, she would get caught as well with no way of getting Sonic to come rescue her, Amy grabbed the girl's hand and instructed as she started to drag her away, "This way!"
"Oh, OK!" the girl agreed and began to move her legs, resulting in Amy not having to pull her as hard.
Amy and the other girl strolled down a street in the city after Amy smashed several robots and the girl just doing nothing to help, the girl thanked as they both stopped, "Thank you so much for rescuing me. I am so grateful."
Deciding not to respond the way she wanted to for the girl disrupting her search for the love of her life, Amy jumped in front of the girl and introduced, "I'm Amy. Amy Rose. What's your name?"
"My name is Elise." Elise replied and Amy quickly looked over the girl whom she thought needed to take some fashion advice for choosing orange leggings that made it look like she had a pair of carrots for legs.
"Elise…Wait, you're not Elise, the Princess of Soleanna, are you? I bet someone's already on their way to rescue you!" responded Amy. She then quietly whispered to herself, "Then it would've saved me a lot of trouble and not taking time away from Sonic Searching."
"Uh, yes, but someone I know said to me…. "Nothing starts until you take action". So I decided to heed his advice and do something other than-"
"Hmm…You wouldn't happen to have some feelings for this person, would you? You know, like a huge crush on him that you'd be super dramatic for him to come rescue you?"
"What? No! Of course not! It's pretty complicated with him being a-"
"It's OK. Love changes everything. It feels like every little moment in your life is huge! Doesn't it? Which I know from personal experience." Amy ranted as she circled Elise, looking at the city as she spread her arms apart. She looked back at Elise, now clearly interested in what this girl had to say. "So, what does this guy look like? If he's like my man, he's absolutely drop dead handsome. Have you already been on a date with him?"
"Well, no…I really haven't…" Elise trailed off as she looked away from Amy. Then she muttered, "Unless having to rescue me multiple times counts as a date."
"A one-way love? That's so cute. Come on, there's no need to be shy. Look, you're a princess and you're super cute. Well, not as super cute as me, but still super cute. That guy's the lucky one…if he thinks so." Amy told her as she looked away before both girls looked at each other. She grabbed Elise's hands. "I also have someone that I'm pursuing too. Just taking a little longer than I hoped, but it will happen. I wish us both luck!"
They both laughed like they were the best of friends, not knowing at what their love lives would be if they found out who they both were after.
Going up to the castle after Amy escorted her here, using a giant hammer while ranting about the love of her life, Elise stopped as she heard a loud echoing sneeze and a swarm of robots dropped around her in a circle. "Curse that sneeze! It wrecked my plan for being sneaky!" she heard Eggman huff. "It's just like Sonic wrecking my plans!"
Turning in the direction of the words, the Princess of Soleanna saw the man who only seemed to kidnap her in the giant floating pod. "Oh great! It's you to capture me again!" Elise complained. Then she thought, "Oh, but if he does...Sonic's gonna come rescue me again!"
"Well, I do have a name, but that doesn't matter. It's time to get back to business." Replied Eggman. A swarm of robots pointed weapons at her. "Finally, I've been waiting so patiently for you to return, Princess."
Seeing she was surrounded with no chance of escape that she was capable of by herself, Elise just sighed as the sense of déjà vu hit her.
Managing to find their way out of the base in White Acropolis back to the city, Blaze and Silver walked down the streets and stopped as they saw Mephiles with his side facing them. Going up to the mouthless being that ditched them after sending them on this mission, Silver started, "There you are! We've been looking for you and-"
"Silence. Why isn't the Iblis Trigger dead?" Mephiles cut off.
"Well, I got a couple of questions and-"
"Silence. Like what?"
"Mephiles…Tell me. Who is the Iblis Trigger? Why does he want to destroy the world? I mean-"
"Silence. Why does that matter to you? He wants to destroy the world. What else do you need?"
"Well, I'm kinda gonna kill a guy and I-" continued Silver.
"Silence. Unless you complete your task, your future will remain the same…forever." Mephiles replied as he pointed at Silver. He looked at Blaze and Silver as he lowered his hand and gestured at the city. "He's currently at the terminal station. It's now or never if you want this."
He walked away from them as Blaze and Silver heard some muttering along the lines of he might as well as deal with the Iblis Trigger himself, but the pair chose to ignore it as they looked at each other before running off to continue their mission.
Running down the tracks carrying Elise after rescuing her from Eggman again, Sonic wished this game would finally end. He was really starting to get sick of rescuing this Princess from Eggman. It was basically all he did this game. "I knew it…I knew you'd return! You had to! You're my hero!" Elise cried and she held him in the point of where his face was turning blue before she finally let go of him.
Coughing to catch his breath again, Sonic mumbled, "Yeah. I kinda have no choice."
Seeing a teal light fly at them, Sonic jumped out of the way as the light hit the ground and set Elise down as he faced their attacker, a silver funny-looking hedgehog called, if he remembered correctly, was named Silver. Knowing this was not going to be pretty, Sonic sighed. He began, "You again. What do I have to do? Get a restraining order or something?"
"This time, there will be no more interruptions! The Iblis Trigger must die! And that's all there is to it!" Silver retorted.
"Sonic…" Elise trailed off as Sonic moved her behind him defensively, obviously in a move to deal with Silver without her getting hurt.
"Why is everyone trying to kill me? First Eggman, then Shadow, and now you…again!" Sonic snapped and Silver clenched his teeth.
Silver jerked his hand and Sonic did a slow motion jump out of the way before somersaulting to his feet. A few minutes later, Sonic was surrounded in teal light and being choked by the Force and Elise, deciding not to help the cobalt hedgehog who kept saving her in any way, slowly backed away from the two hedgehogs. "Finally! I've been looking for you to kidnap you again! So, how was your little walk Princess?" she heard Eggman remark and turned to see the antagonist as the robot arm reached out and screamed as it snatched her up.
Looking in the direction of the scream, Sonic saw Elise in the robot's arm and take off. "Elise!" Sonic shouted. He looked at Silver. "Great! I have to save her again! Thanks a lot Silver!"
Silver clenched his teeth as Sonic made a rude gesture at him and the teal light around Sonic got tighter. "It's time to end this!" stated Silver and moved in to deliver an attack to complete his mission.
Silver jumped back as a black hedgehog dropped down in between him and the blue hedgehog and Sonic was gasping for breath as the attack that was suffocating him disappeared. The black hedgehog looked at him and Silver clenched his teeth from frustration about his mission being stopped again. "Who? Mephiles! Why are you getting in my way? Why did they recolor you?" He demanded, ready to take out this black hedgehog guy.
"I'm Shadow. Shadow the Hedgehog." Shadow responded as he stood up and crossed his arms with a badass look, "and don't ever confuse me with that recolor!"
Shadow turned around to see Sonic was up and recovered and Sonic thanked, "Aww, thanks Shadow. I might take back some of the trash I said about you."
"Sonic. Stay here. I need to kick your ass because I have to save you." Shadow ordered and Sonic scoffed.
"Hell no," retorted Sonic and he gave Shadow a thumbs up before racing after Eggman, "thanks again Bro."
"Damn. I'll get you next time." Shadow decided as he uncrossed his arms and turned to face Silver, both of them getting ready for a showdown of epic proportions.
After their showdown, Shadow and Silver faced each other, both hedgehog breathing heavy and now using their looks to intimidate the other. Silver raised his fist with some sort of battle cry and moved towards Shadow, preparing to slam his fist into him. Whipping out the Green Chaos Emerald he managed to conveniently to get his hands on, Shadow held it up and began, "Check out this kickass move. Chaos Control!" Silver slowed down into slow motion before Shadow dashed behind him and delivered a kickass kick to the back of Silver's head and sending the psychic hedgehog to the ground. "Boom! You're down!"
Time returned to normal and Silver spat out a mouthful of dirt before turning to face the onyx hedgehog who was giving a badass look to emphasize his move. "You…" Silver trailed off, unable to find an insult that did not involve swearing to throw at Shadow.
"Don't bother. With a Chaos Emerald's power, I control time and space." Shadow responded as he tossed the Green Chaos Emerald in the air and caught it.
"Really? That's cool!" commented Silver as he watched Shadow repeat throwing the Green Chaos Emerald in the air.
"Silence!" Shadow retorted. He caught the Green Chaos Emerald. "You can't break free noob."
"I won't give up! It all depends on me! Can't lose…Not when I'm so close! I won't be a noob!" Silver responded as he got to his feet and let out another short of battle cry thing as he took out the Blue Chaos Emerald and held it up.
Getting annoyed with the psychic hedgehog's noobness, Shadow moved towards Silver to perform the same move and started, "Chaos…"
Determined to prove he was not the noob Shadow was making him out to be, Silver moved towards Shadow and repeated, "Chaos…"
Slamming their arms holding the Chaos Emeralds against each other, Shadow and Silver chorused, "Control!"
Taking a moment to realize what they just done, the two jumped apart as a swirling blue space-time rift appeared. Looking at the space-time rift before looking at Silver, Shadow stated, "You…you induced Chaos Control."
"I won't let anyone get in my way! I'll change the past and save the world! I'll be a hero, not a noob!" replied Silver, clenching his fists to emphasize his point.
Shaking his head at Silver's noobness, Shadow turned away and told Silver, "Ugh, you're disgusting me with your noobness. Mephiles isn't trying to help you create a better future…" He looked back at Silver. "He's trying to eliminate the past. Anyone could see that you noob!"
"What? What are you talking about? And my name's Silver!"
"Ugh. Where did SEGA find an idiot like you?"
"Hey! I'm right here!" huffed Silver.
"Whatever. I don't care about your feelings. Therapy can sort that out for you. To discover what happened, it seems we must see what took place 10 years ago," Shadow explained as he took a couple of steps towards Silver and stopped, "follow me if you want the truth…and if you won't annoy me."
"Wait-" Silver began, but Shadow already jumped into the swirling blue space-time rift.
Conflicted about following the onyx hedgehog he just faced off against and that was insulting him, Silver jumped into the space-time rift, hoping he made the right decision.
Dropping out of the space-time rift, Shadow and Silver landed on their feet and stood up as their method of time travel disappeared. Glancing around their surroundings, Shadow noticed Silver beside him and mumbled, "Damn. You followed me."
Silver decided to ignore the remark and Shadow and Silver looked down the hall of the base. "Where are we?" Silver wondered and neither of them said anything.
Somewhere else in the Aquatic Base, two scientists and the King of Soleanna were in a lad with a device holding two components; a fireball like thing and some gooish smoke. "An electromagnetic pulse has just been generated. Injecting the decompression agent! No, the level's not dropping! A spatial meltdown is inevitable!" one of the scientists informed. "We'd like to point out that we said this wasn't a good idea!"
"My Lord, it's too late! We've got to take shelter!" the other scientist added.
Slamming his fists against a table in frustration, the King of Soleanna demanded, "Why Solaris? Why do you refuse to listen to my voice?" Suddenly, there was an unusual ticking noise which was usually a bad thing. "What is that mysterious ticking noise?"
"Father!" he heard a young girl cry and saw his daughter, the Princess of Soleanna rush towards him.
"Elise. Why did today have to be "Take Your Daughter to a Secret Base Day"?" he responded. He realized what the ticking noise was. "Get down!"
Shielding Elise as a bright light filled the room, there was an echoing boom as a massive explosion occurred.
From their place in the base, Shadow and Silver heard and saw the explosion and looked at each other before rushing in the direction of the disaster. Silver questioned, "Shouldn't we be running AWAY from an explosion instead of running TOWARDS it? Or at least be faster?"
"Shut up noob." Responded Shadow.
Coming to a stop in the observation deck of the lab, Shadow and Silver looked down before looking at each other. After a quick round of Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock to decide who jumped down first, Shadow mumbled something as Silver's Spock vaporized his Rock and jumped down. Running up to one of the unconscious men, Shadow looked over him before shaking him relatively gently. "Why are you shaking him?" asked Silver as he saw the actions.
"To see if he's alive noob. I don't have a stick to poke him with, so this is the next thing I have to do noob." Shadow explained.
"Stop calling me noob!" snapped Silver.
"Shut up noob." Shadow retorted and Silver glared at the other hedgehog.
Doing the same to one of the other men, Silver looked at the device and told Shadow, "Shadow. I think you better get a fire extinguisher."
"Why?" replied Shadow.
"Because there's a huge fire ball in the middle of the room!" Silver answered. He thought about it harder as it crumbled up into fire. "Is that? That flame…it's Iblis!"
Silver stood up as Shadow got up and walked next to him and added as they saw the gooish like substance, "And the black shadow is the original Mephiles. You know, the guy you're listening to and my recolor."
"That's Mephiles?" Silver exclaimed. Iblis and Mephiles split up and began to race in different directions. "They're escaping! We have to get them!"
"Damn it. We'll have to split up. I'll pursue Mephiles." Instructed Shadow as he looked at Silver.
"OK. Then leave Iblis to me!" agreed Silver as he looked at Shadow.
Just as they started to leave after their targets, Shadow and Silver heard someone weakly call, "Wait." Turning around, they saw the King of Soleanna holding out an object they recognized as the Scepter of Darkness. "Seal it with this…"
Shadow rushed back to the King and Silver called, "Hurry!"
Taking the object, Shadow nodded before racing after Silver and stated, "Dibs the satanic glowstick thing!"
"What do I use then?"
"Figure it out yourself noob."
"I said stop calling me that!" Silver snapped.
"Shut up noob." Barked Shadow.
Watching the two take off, the King of Soleanna went back to an unconscious Elise.
In Aquatic Base, Silver managed to catch up to Iblis and was using his psychokinetic abilities to freeze Iblis, when he realized he had a problem and exclaimed, "Oh no! Shadow was a prick and took the satanic glowstick!" He groaned as he tried to contain Iblis. "What am I supposed to trap Iblis in now?"
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw movement and hoped it was something that could help him out. Turning in the direction of the movement, he saw it was the King of Soleanna, somehow having the strength to carry the still unconscious Elise into the room. "Hey! What are you doing? After an explosion like that you shouldn't be here!" he told the King who continued to stagger towards Iblis and Silver turned his attention back to the Flames. "You've got to leave! I can deal with this!"
"I have my duty. This Living Flame has been entrusted to the royal family. The Flames of Disaster will awaken if nothing is done! That must not happen. Or the world will be destroyed!" the King of Soleanna replied. He set Elise down on a table before taking out the White Chaos Emerald and holding it over his unconscious daughter and the White Chaos Emerald flew into the air. "Eternal Sun! The Living Flame that has been entrusted to the royal family! Fall into slumber with a royal soul!"
Slowly, the Flames surrounded the White Chaos Emerald and was absorbed into the precious gem before an orange light eventually shot into Elise. In slight shock as his jaw dropped from the action, Silver lowered his arm, stopping his psychokinetic abilities as the King of Soleanna collapsed on the table. Soon, the King regained what little strength he had left and scooped up his daughter. Carrying his daughter to the young hedgehog, he requested, "I'm sorry, but…Can you take her to a safe place?"
Silver barely caught Elise as she fell out of the King's arms as he collapsed onto the ground, nearly crushing both of them. Silver gave a gentle kick to the King to wake up and give some final advice like all the other movie moments where the father dies, the King of Soleanna got up. "That's a good girl, Elise. Remember, be brave. Don't cry, no matter what happens. Otherwise your tears will call forth the flames inside you…" the King continued as he stroked the back of Elise's head and tucked her arms into her lap. "Become a strong queen who doesn't cry no matter what happens. And…Live…happily…"
With one last breath, the King of Soleanna fell to the side and Silver looked down at the man before looking at Elise. Bowing his head with a slight shake, Silver looked at the ceiling, hoping to have a revelation of what he should do and think about his past actions.
Shadow walked outside the Aquatic Base carrying the Scepter of Darkness, going to Silver who was still holding an unconscious Elise. Seeing the ebony hedgehog coming his direction, "Did you do it?"
"Yes. Of course I did. Why else would I be out here if I didn't do it?" responded Shadow, a look on his face saying that it was a stupid question. "And you?"
"Yes. The "Flames" are properly sealed. It's done. I-" Silver answered and decided to finish with the bored look Shadow had on his face. Going over to a tree, Silver carefully set Elise down and Shadow looked at the Scepter of Darkness before taking a few steps and putting the object next to the young child. "Wait a minute? You're going to leave it behind?"
"Yes. I already know what becomes of it in the future…" replied Shadow as he stood up and took out the Green Chaos Emerald. "It's time to return."
"But-"
"Besides, I don't have to explain my actions to you."
"Well-"
"Silence. Let's go before you mess up and alter the future to be even worse noob." Shadow finished and Silver gave a small sigh.
Knowing there was no point in arguing with him, Silver agreed, "Yes…Of course…" Once he was certain Shadow was not paying attention to him, he muttered, "Prick."
Standing up, Silver took out the Blue Chaos Emerald and both hedgehogs held up the Chaos Emeralds as they shouted, "Chaos Control!"
Like the other times, a small white light floated out of the Chaos Emeralds and eventually turned into a swirling blue space-time rift. Having spent enough time with Silver, Shadow quickly jumped into the method of time travel and Silver turned around and saw Elise comfortably shift in her sleep before walking towards the space-time rift and heard her mumble, "Father…I didn't do it…".
Stopping as he looked at Elise again, Silver pulled out the Blue Chaos Emerald and looked at the gem before looking at the young princess. Going back to Elise, he kneeled down and placed the precious gem in her hand and told her, "Here. It's a lucky charm."
Before he could get a response from her, Silver silently jumped back into the space-time rift to return to the present before it disappeared.
Dropping out of the blue swirling space-time rift, Silver landed on his feet and stood up as his transportation method disappeared. Looking around, he saw he was in the city with Blaze looking at his with her arms crossed and Silver trailed off, "Blaze…"
"You know, thanks for telling me where you went. I've been looking for you. I really have to get a tracker on you or something," she told him, "what did you see?"
"Blaze. I've had an epiphany…"
"What?"
"The Iblis Trigger…wasn't Sonic the Hedgehog."
"I see…I could've told you that, but I kept my mouth shut so I wouldn't have to listen to you moan and complain."
"Whatever. It doesn't matter now." Silver responded. He looked in the direction of the crowd where they were chattering and one or two freaking out. "They're quite noisy. It's kinda hard to think with all those distractions."
"Well, they've got a good reason." Blaze told him as she walked up to his side and looked at the crowd with him.
"Really?"
"Yes. I heard the Princess here left for Dr. Eggman's base in response to his earlier threat."
"Hang on! I got a theory!"
"Really? Let's hear it." Replied Blaze as she put her hands on her hips.
Looking at the lavender cat, Silver suggested, "What if his ultimate objective was to release Iblis?"
Blaze looked at him with surprise at the idea and watched him run away before racing after him.
Running through Kingdom Valley to rescue Elise again, Sonic skidded to a stop as a mob of robots dropped in front of him. Getting ready to use some awesome moves to take them out, Sonic gave a confused look as the robots became frozen in a teal light. Silver dropped down in front of him and pushed forward, resulting in the robots to fly backwards and break. Turning around to face SEGA'S mascot, Silver commented, "You look like you're in a hurry."
Still having some hostility to the ivory hedgehog after the attempts to kill him, Sonic crossed his arms as he interrogated, "So what's going on? You took out the robots so you could try killing me again?"
"Circumstances have changed. I need to rescue the Princess."
"Why?"
"It's a long story. Well, it's not, but I don't feel like explaining it."
"Okay, fair enough. Then let's not waste any more time." Sonic responded and raced away.
"Hey! Wait up!" called Silver and began to chase after Sonic.
From the ground, Sonic saw the Egg Carrier smoking and flaming and watched as there was a huge boom in the distance. Reaching out, Sonic cried, "Elise!"
Realizing nothing could be done, Sonic sank to the ground and slammed his fist against it as Blaze and Silver caught up to him. Repeatedly hitting his fist the ground, Blaze and Silver turned away in sadness until Silver raised his head and turned to face Sonic. "Wait, there's still a way to change this. I may be new, funny looking, and a whole bunch of other stuff, but if I figured out this time traveling thing…" Silver began and Blaze looked at him and Sonic quit hitting the ground as he looked at Silver as well. "If we return to an earlier point in time, we'll be able to save her."
Figuring out the idea the Silver had, Sonic stood up and responded, "I understand."
Silver took out the White Chaos Emerald and Sonic took out the Cyan Chaos Emerald and looked at it before going up to Silver. Both hedgehogs nodded and Silver and Sonic held up their Chaos Emeralds as they chorused, "Chaos Control!"
A white thing gloated out of the Chaos Emeralds and burst into a swirling blue space-time rift. Turning to face the space-time rift, Sonic dashed towards it and turned around as he called, "Silver!" Throwing the Chaos Emerald he was holding to Silver, who juggled to get his hand on it before solidly holding it. "I can handle this myself. Besides, you've got somewhere to go to, right? You know, you're going to the future and I'm going to the past. And now that you're not trying to kill me…you're a pretty good guy."
"You…" Silver trailed off.
"I'll make sure to change Elise's fate," Sonic cut off as he made his hand into a fist, "and that in turn, should save your future, too…if your theory is correct."
Silver nodded and responded, "Yeah, it should."
"Thank you, Silver!" Sonic thanked with a thumbs up. "Like I said, you're a pretty good guy."
"Well, you're welcome," replied Silver with a nod and still holding the Chaos Emeralds, "yeah…Just save her."
Sonic nodded again and quickly jumped into the space-time rift, hoping that the plan would work.
Back in the future, Blaze and Silver stood outside the gorge that led into the volcano, Silver holding the two Chaos Emeralds he acquired in the past as he looked at them and Blaze with her back turned to him and her hands on her hips. "I know how to save our world, now. We don't have to change the past. I'm sure of it. I mean, there's a violent and a non-violent way. Or-" Silver started.
"You're starting to ramble. So you have a plan?" Blaze cut off as she turned to face the psychic hedgehog and Silver looked at her as he stashed the Chaos Emeralds.
"Yeah, I got a plan. I just hope it works." Silver replied as he nodded.
"Don't we all?" responded Blaze. "Well then, let's hurry. I sense his flames."
Taking a few steps forward, the pair looked around before looking at each other and walked towards the Final Showdown with Iblis.
Running into the center of Flame Core, Blaze and Silver stopped as they saw Iblis, now with legs stomping around like he owned the place and surrounded by flames. "C'mon Iblis! This time I'll finally stop you! I hope so! Otherwise…this could end pretty ugly!" challenged Silver as he took a fighting stance and the flames disappeared as Iblis roared to accept the challenge and they got ready for the Last Battle.
Being the triumphant one in his showdown with Iblis, which had reduced the antagonist to be a flame, Silver stepped forward to almost be at the edge of the rock he was standing on. As Iblis roared, small sparks rained down, some landing on Silver, but causing no damage. Taking out the Cyan and White Chaos Emeralds, Silver held them out as he chanted, "Chaos Emeralds, lend me your power! Eternal Sun! The Living Flame that has been entrusted to the royal family! Fall into slumber with my soul, Iblis! You cursed Flames of Disaster!" Yelling in pain as flames shot into him, but rebounded, Silver tried to figure out what was causing this to happen while Blaze walked to his side. "No! Why won't it accept me as the vessel? Blaze! The plan isn't working! I need some help! Blaze! The Plan isn't working and I don't have a backup plan! Blaze!
Silver looked at the lavender cat as she placed his hand on his shoulder, she told him, "I'll take Iblis. Don't worry. My soul is already alit with flames. I will be accepted." She took the Chaos Emeralds from Silver and held them in front of her. "Oh, and I also like to point out that I'm also Royalty, so I have two valid points."
As the energy stopped shooting at him, Silver gave a slightly dumbfounded look as he responded, "Say what?"
"Ugh. Never mind. This game has some inconsistencies with past games." Replied Blaze. She stepped in front of Silver and held out the Chaos Emeralds, resulting in Iblis to shoot straight into her, but some Flames still circling her and she began to glow as she looked over her shoulder. "Come on, make it quick. Use your Chaos Control…to stop time. Then…seal us into a different dimension. It's the only way."
"No. I can't do that to you!" Silver protested firmly with a shake of his hand as he threw his hands out in a defiant way. "There's got to be another way!"
"Didn't we already go through this?" Blaze told him as she looked over her shoulder at the ivory hedgehog. "We agreed to save the world at any price! This has to happen!"
Looking at his hand as he remembered their discussion, Silver threw up his hand to fulfill the request, he had some emotional struggle before turning away and responded as he moved into a defeated sort of way, "I can't! I wouldn't know what to do without you! I'd be completely lost and misguided! Even more than I already am!" He looked up at her and lowered his hand. "You've fought along side me to save the world. You're my friend…right? And friends don't send friends into other dimensions even if they have the Flames of Disaster sealed in them and the friend wants the friend to send them away…"
"You're still so naïve." Blaze replied and she turned around to face him. "But…I…I've always liked that about you."
Suddenly, there was an eruption of light from the lavender cat and she became surrounded by a dark violet ball of energy. Dropping the Cyan and White Chaos Emeralds to the ground as she became a ghost-like form, Blaze began to float away and Silver rushed to the edge as he called, "Blaze! Come back Blaze! You can't go!"
Reaching her hand out to the ivory hedgehog as she continued to float to the dark sky, Blaze finished, "Good luck, Silver! I won't forget you!
Replaying the last few minutes, Silver commented, "And that's the moment Silaze shippers were looking for."
"Yay! Silaze! Now to start with fan fiction and fan art!" the Silaze Shippers cheered after some crying from the heart breaking moment and dashed away to begin projects about their pairing.
Once Blaze completely disappeared, the clouds broke apart and the sun began to brightly shine throughout the world and Silver bowed his head, wondering if Blaze made the right choice and if it was all worth it in the end.
Well, there's Silver's episode.
I know it kinda sucked, but I hope you enjoyed it and please review.