Chapter 17: Back together?
Our four hedgehogs (well three that are conscious) are making their way in search of the main parasite in order to bring an end to this madness. Of course with Amy by Blackout's side and Danny holding Rose then nothing go wrong for the gang right? As soon as the pair turned round the corner however, they encountered a little problem.
"Please... help us... it hurts..." said a few of the males up ahead who were clearly infected with the parasites. Danny growled slightly, he looked to the unconscious Rose in his arms and sighed. 'Such a pretty flower, did I hurt you that much for you to hate me?' he glanced back at Amy and Blackout who were in their fighting positions obviously ready for the fight. 'No matter what it takes I'll make you listen to what I have to say, from then I will accept it if you continue to hate me.' He carefully placed her on the ground, making sure that there was enough distance from her and the males so that she wouldn't get further damage. Standing next to Amy who was standing next to Blackout, the three hedgehogs got ready for their attack. Their eyes scanning the way the males moved, looking for an opportunity for an attack, seeing one Amy quickly made her move. She ran in front of the male so that she could take him by surprise, next she made a turning kick contact to his side making him double over and give her time to think her next move. Once decided, she connected a few punches to his face and his body making sure that she wouldn't let a chance for the male to fight back, then for the finishing touch she made a blow to his neck knocking him out completely. She glanced back at Danny and Blackout that has just finished with their opponents. Nodding to them she walked forward, Danny and Blackout following behind. All the while the three hedgehogs kept quiet, after deciding that they should head upstairs those quietly and carefully tip-toed upstairs making sure that they wouldn't attract any unwanted attention. With Amy leading the group, she suddenly had a bad feeling when passing a particular door, however both Danny and Blackout felt it too. Whatever was behind that door was trouble and it didn't help with the words 'DANGER!!' written on the sign that was nailed to the door. Deciding that Rose would be in more danger outside, they decided to bring her but only Danny would take care of her. He made sure of that. Opening the door all three of them (well four if you include Rose) crept inside carefully, Amy was the first to realise that there was something dripping on the ceiling, she tugged at Blackout's arm in an attempt to tell him to silently look up, when he did so his mouth dropped ever so slightly. Keeping his eyes fixed on the ceiling, he tugged at Danny's arm that was trying his best to keep Rose from struggling out from his grip even though she was unconscious, getting his attention, Danny growled at him but when he saw what was on the ceiling, well, let's say that he was glad that he was holding Rose tightly. Danny replaced his forever frown on his face with a disgusted look because there in the middle of the ceiling was a silk like cocoon surrounded by eggs that he presumed was baby parasites. Amy looked on the floor and managed a gasp to escape her throat before a hand covered her mouth, Blackout made her turn so that she was facing him, letting a finger to press against her lips which here meant to keep quiet, she understood. Blackout looked at the floor and noticed that there were baby parasites on the floor; however they seem to not be moving? Not wanting to risk it, Danny quickly muttered a few words and before Blackout and Amy knew it. Fire appeared out of nowhere and surrounded the three of them, slowly the fire grew bigger hearing tiny screams from the baby parasites, Blackout now knew that the parasites were merely asleep not dead, as soon as parasites on the floor were dead the fire then moved upwards to the ceiling to destroy the cocoon, hearing tiny screams of pain the cocoon fell from the ceiling and landed on the floor as the fire continued to burn it until it was turned into dust. As the fire extinguished, both Amy and Blackout was gawping at Danny. He just gave them a 'what?' look as if it was natural to conjure fire in a middle of the room; sighing Amy leaded the group out of the room, however she couldn't help but feel that destroying the cocoon was a little too easy. After walking for a good 15 minutes, both Blackout and Amy couldn't help but feel that something was wrong, not only had destroying the cocoon was too easy, but they couldn't help but feel that they were being followed. Such a feeling shouldn't go unnoticed therefore Amy proceeded to tap Danny on the shoulder to tell him such a warning, but just when she was about to, they heard such gigantic footsteps heading towards them, by instinct the three ran away from the noise, making sure to avoid the males that kept reaching out to them.
"Damn it!!" the three of them cried when they reached a dead end, they quickly turned round and got into their fighting stances awaiting their new enemy. Leaving Rose in a corner, Danny quickly muttered some more words creating a shield over Rose's body, no matter what happens, she will not get hurt, this time he'll keep his promise. As if on cue, the mother parasite appeared and there it was a gigantic parasite that was obviously angry because of her destroyed eggs but then again who could blame her? The three hedgehogs quickly made their move, Amy attacking its right side, Blackout attacking its left side while Danny attacking its head, hoping that this strategy would work. The parasite screamed out in pain, it was clearly off guard considering that such teamwork was involved but that did not stop it. Using its arms it manages to grab hold onto Amy and start to squeeze her cutting off her oxygen, she hollered out in pain as she was sure that a few of her ribs have started to break. Blackout was already trying to get the parasite to let go of her but to no avail, she screamed again, she was sure that soon she wouldn't be able to last any longer. Danny had tried to conjure fire once again but then remembered that it could withstand high amount of heat and growled, what could he do? There has to be something else, if only they had a decent weapon. All of a sudden, a sudden whirling noise cutting through the air and sliced off the arm of the parasite that held Amy. Both Danny and Blackout looked up to see a fully healed Rose smirking at them.
"Awww, you guys started the fun without me." She said with an evil smirk. She tossed a few throwing stars at Danny, Blackout and Amy considering that using their fists wasn't working here. Catching the weapons that Rose had toss at him, Danny raises an eyebrow. 'She's sharing her weapons now? Something's not right.' He thought but decided to focus on the situation here, 'one problem at a time'. Rose was the first to attack, jumping from the wall, she landed on its shoulder, drawing out a throwing knife she started to cut off his head by slicing his neck, however seeing as some heavy plated armour surrounded its neck, it seems that this was going to take a while. Blackout and Amy teamed up, both of them switching blows in order to at least inflict damage to this monster, however nothing is that easy as our characters will find out. Grabbing Amy's arm, Blackout threw her up in the air in order for her to do a spinning kick in mid-air hoping that his upper body had less armour but to no avail. Considering that Rose had no patience, she had given up on trying to cut the parasite's head and decided to get a piece of the action. She quickly climbed up to its head and swung down so that she was on its face. Grinning slightly she gripped her throwing knife and threw it, aiming for its eye. Quickly dropping down she heard a satisfying scream rang through her ears, however with the noise she didn't sense the arm that was aiming for her. Her eyes were wide when she was picked up by this parasite-like creature, no scream escaped her throat, sure she tried to get free but every time she tried the grip on her would increase...slowly squeezing the life out of her... Seeing this in front of him, Danny froze. His eyes locked with hers. He saw fear in her eyes; it was then that he felt anger. So much anger began to rise inside him. His flower was in trouble. His flower, that's right she was his, his and only his.
'I promise that no harm will come to you, okay?'
'You promise?'
'Yes I promise.'
And just in a blink of an eye. She was in his arms; she looked back at the parasite and saw that its arm was broken or at least now pointing the other way. She was in awe; she looks at him and saw visible anger in his eyes, impossible. He was always in control of himself, was it possible that he was losing his self-control? His grip tightened slightly as he landed on the ground. She was staring at him wide-eyed but she quickly replaced her face with her usual look. Her heart accelerated when his gaze fell on her. His gaze softens as he spoke.
"I promise that you will never get hurt, I know that I broke my promise before, but not this time." He smiled slightly to her before helping Blackout and Amy with the current monster. Amy and Blackout never broke their concentration, both of them using teamwork to take this monster down and so far it has worked but only on a slow progress.
"Guys! This isn't working!! We have to attack together!!" Amy yelled, blocking an attack before delivering one of her own. Nodding the four hedgehogs withdraw; they all stood in the fighting stances waiting for the right opportunity. Once they saw that one little opportunity, the four charged forward yelling all the way, the four jumped up and attack, Amy with her powerful kicks, Blackout with his quick combos, Rose with her deadly fighting style and lastly Danny with his mysterious powers. After a long battle the beast was finally down. Amy punched the air and jumped in joy, Blackout was also happy, Rose and Danny just merely shook their heads at the sight of the other two hedgehogs.
"Rose? May I talk to you for a moment?" Danny asked her quietly, after much consideration she agreed and went round the corner for privacy. "Look, I have to tell you my reasons for my actions that day I-"
"Look if you're trying to apologise there's no need. To be honest I should be the one to apologise" she bit her lip, this was always a touchy subject for her and especially with those memories that kept flashing before her eyes she figured if it was best to settled this subject once and for all. "After all I was the one who kept pestering you every day... all you said was what you truly felt about me. There's nothing wrong with that..." she continued as her voice drifted off and she looked to one side, refusing to look at him. It was now official she was growing weak, so weak that she could hardly control herself. He watched as her eyes slowly became full of sadness and tears. He held her chin so that she would look at him.
"Stop talking like that. All you did was fall in love, there's nothing wrong with that, it's me who was wrong. I shouldn't be the one to say such things to you, besides I do care for you ever since I was assigned to look after you." His hand left her chin and touched her cheek while smiling at her, she gave him an innocent look something she had gave anybody for a long time.
"But you said-"
"I know that what I said hurt you, didn't you think I didn't know that you love me?" she continued to stare at him "silly girl, I've watched over you all this time and you think I didn't know? I wouldn't hurt you on purpose, especially since you love me that much... Do you want to know why I lost it that day?" he asked sincerely, she only nodded not wanting to spoil the moment. His hand left her cheek as he steps back for a moment and let out a sigh. "It's because I knew that you were never going to be mine." She stood there confused as he looked back at her. "Your parents had arranged an arrange marriage for you for when you'll be turned 13, young I know but for your parents, age didn't matter to them. That day I overheard your parents discussing that some boy was coming to introduce himself to you so that you could get to know him. It was then that I felt jealousy, and anger, all because of you. I never thought that someone like you could make me feel this way, but just the thought that someone was going to take you away from me...made me angry. Just knowing that you were going to be lured away from me and the fact that I couldn't do anything made me so angry and upset at myself." His fists were now clenched to his side.
"Why?" she manages to ask him, her voice now small and weak but at the moment she didn't care. He walked up to her and held her head in his hands.
"I was so angry and upset at myself for not telling you how I felt about you sooner." He said to her, his hands dropped to his side as he gave her a sad smile. "That's all I have to say, I understand if you continue to hate me, I wouldn't blame you but know this. I will still care for you even if you do." Rose stood there in awe, all this time she thought that she got rejected by him because she thought that he didn't like her. But now, that's not the reason at all. All this time she was driven from her usual happy self to become a cold heartless person that no longer cared about anyone but herself. Her cold and heartless image was to keep her weak self away from the world so that she could no longer get hurt again, but maybe now that she knew the truth, maybe she could let that image fade...
"How do I know that you won't hurt me again?" she said her voice now a little shaky. His eyes seemed hurt for a moment but he understood that she was afraid to open up. He took her head in his hands again and leaned in. Unconsciously she did the same. As their lips touched a blush appeared on her cheeks. She slowly closed her eyes unaware of the two pairs of eyes that were watching them. As they pulled apart for some from a shy kiss, they heard a giggle coming from Amy, Blackout covered her mouth but it was too late. Rose looks at Blackout and Amy before looking back at Danny. Her eyes immediately turned back to her cold ones as she mumbled something before walking towards the fallen parasite and crouched so that she could have a better look at it. "Time to tell the boss then," She said as she pretended that nothing had happened. Pressing a button on her watch she was able to talk to the Boss of their mission being completed. Amy looked at Blackout who was talking to Danny. 'Sonic...I'm sorry but my heart now belongs to another.' Amy smiled when Blackout looked at her. 'My heart belongs to Blackout.' "It seems that the Boss wants us to get all the injured males to the infirmary while we're on our way back." She gave all three of them a glare before she walked along the corridor with the other three hedgehogs following behind.
In the infirmary
All was quiet in the infirmary as our four hedgehogs were looking over the males that had filled every bed.
"Is that all of them?" Amy said while stretching her arms and back, "I don't think my body can handle more pressure."
"Stop complaining." Rose said coldly while glaring at Amy, Amy sighed, ever since they had to gather all the males and place them in the infirmary Rose has acted even more cold than usual. And her eyes, those dangerous yet vulnerable eyes kept glaring daggers at her, Blackout and Danny. 'What are you thinking in that mind of yours Rose?' Amy thought while casting a glance to Blackout who was staring at her, noticing that she was looking at him he looked away. All of a sudden Rose suddenly dropped to her knees, drawing Danny and Amy's attention.
"What's wrong Rose?" Amy said walking up to her as she tries to reason with her. A groan escaped her throat before she slowly lifted herself off the ground however Amy noticed something. Rose's usual aura went from freezing cold to evil, perhaps even more evil than Eggman but how is that possible? As she lifted her head up to meet Amy, she did a smirk an evil smirk.
"Such a powerful person..." she cocked her head to one side "ha ha...With this body... I can mark you as one of us...ha ha... you have no chance." Amy's eyes widen at the sound of her voice, it was like one of them.
"No, it can't be..." Amy's thoughts were cut off as Rose laughed weakly. Blackout and Danny immediately went in front of Amy, protecting her from the new threat.
"Oh... these two are more powerful... this is wonderful...heh heh..." She grins slightly before slouching in a new fighting stance. "This body was so easy to obtain... her
mind was saddened by a male... her soul tried to fight but failed... heh she tries to hide behind a tough image...but no matter how she tries she's still weak...heh... you will go the same way as she did... me taking over your mind... slowly but surely... hehe" her body wobbled slightly before it slouched once again. Without any warning she dived forward attacking Blackout first. He instantly blocked while throwing a punch of his own, however she bended backwards to something that looks impossible and dodged his blow. Letting out a giggle she made her leg twist to kick his chest, the impact made contact and send him flying. A twisted smirk crept along her face before she attempt to hit Danny, however he blocks easily and grabs her arm, she tries to hit him with her other arm but that was also caught by him.
"Rose, I know you're in their somewhere, snap out of it!" he says keeping her arms in place, but she laughs and back flips so that she could kick him square in the face. The kick made contact to his face and sent his back a couple of meters.
"There's no point... she's gone for now...to be honest she didn't put up much of a fight...but she can come back if I loosen my hold on her..." The voice says as a smirk appears on her face. Horror struck Amy's face.
"You bring Rose back this instant and get out from her body!!" she took a deep breath. "She would never give up so easily especially if it's to something like you!!" Amy yells which draws the thing (that has taken over Rose's body) attention.
"It's true...she was so upset for such a silly reason...it was his entire fault..." the voice says as Rose pointed to Danny "but I must thank you...now I have this body to control..." it laughs sickly before looking at all three of them. "This body has so much power... it will be fun to make all of you into one of us...bye bye for now..." it says as Rose's body fell to the ground, the other three hedgehogs were now cautious of her. As Rose got up she shook her head and groaned.
"My body aches everywhere," she looks up to see that the three hedgehogs in front of her have a terrified look on their faces. "What's wrong with you lot?" getting no answer she sighs before walking out of the infirmary. When Rose walked out of the room everyone let out a deep breath.
"This is bad; Rose is one of them without knowing surely there's something we can do?" Amy said with hope in her eyes as she looked at the other two hedgehogs who were confused and a little scared at what they had experienced.
"How did she become like one of them is the question," Danny says with a desperate tone, suddenly his eyes widen. Of course why didn't he think of that before? "That bite wound on her back..." his eyes narrows and his voice made a low growl. "Damn it! Wait till I get my hands on who's responsible for this..." he left his sentence unfinished while Amy asked another question.
"But I thought that if we defeat the main parasite then things like this wouldn't happen to Rose or anyone else right?" she asks as Blackout thought for a moment before replying to her.
"Could it be that that parasite wasn't the main one?" Blackout says thoughtfully thinking about the situation and all the other possibilities. Amy's eyes went wide.
"If that wasn't the main parasite then," she looks around "These males are still infected..." Danny and Blackout were now aware of what Amy was saying and jumped back so that they weren't as close as they were before to the males. Simultaneously the three ran for the exit, they quickly locked it and placed a few objects in front of the door just to be safe. "This is absurd; if that wasn't the main parasite then the real one must be even bigger and stronger than that one." She groans at the thought of fighting another creature like that again.
"What are you guys standing out here for?" Rose said as she suddenly appeared out of nowhere making the three hedgehogs jump.
"Don't do that!!" Amy yells while punching Rose's arm to which she grins. "You scared the living daylights out of us!!"
"In that case, why so jumpy?" it was then that her stomach growls. She pretends not to hear it and tries to change the subject. "What's with the table and chair piled up in front of the door?" she says as she pokes her head to one side. Blackout did a nervous laugh.
"You wouldn't believe us if we told you." He says a hand behind his head.
"Oh? Try me." Danny's dirty mind responded to that immediately and smirks at her. Rose realises what she says and sighs. "Idiot." She says to Danny whose smirk was now wider than before.
"Well, that parasite that we've defeated? It-" He tries to tell Rose but Amy covered his mouth.
"I don't understand you guys." Rose says shaking her head slightly before continuing the conversation, "By the way what was with you guys earlier on? It looked like you had seen a ghost or something." She says bluntly keeping her gaze on all three of them. They stood there stunned, not really sure what to say, the three share a glance and silently agreed that it would be better if she didn't know for now. Right now they needed an excuse to hunt down the main parasite without Rose knowing. Luckily Danny came to the rescue.
"Got a call from the Boss, he says that we should do a couple rounds around the building to see if we've miss any males." Amy and Blackout let out a sigh of relief, but Rose raises an eyebrow when hearing this.
"Oh? And how come I wasn't informed by this?" she says while switching her gaze to her watch and back to him. He just simply shrugs.
"You must have an old version of the watch." He said hoping that Rose would fall for it and surprisingly she does.
"In that case you guys have got to hurry and catch up with me." She says as she was already down the corridor. Danny let out a deep breath, turns around and grins at the other two before following Rose. Amy and Blackout was glad that Danny could come up with an excuse to make Rose come with them to find the main parasite even though she doesn't know it yet. They couldn't risk telling the truth to her and make her realise that somehow she was being controlled by a parasite since that could trigger it to take control of her body again. It seems that the parasite hasn't got complete control of her body so there's a good chance that they will be able to find the main parasite before Rose would be in a horrible state. However that doesn't mean that the parasite won't take over her body for a while before they do find the main parasite as they will soon find out.
"Rose? Is it me or are you slightly happy." Amy said with a confused expression as she watched her friend, noticing that Rose was walking with an extra skip in her step. Hearing that Rose stopped in her tracks and faced her friend, it was then that her temper just happens to surface.
"Oh? And what do you mean by that?!" Hearing her mood Amy quickly did a nervous laugh and said that it was nothing.
"Rose," Danny says after a long silence "I have to ask you something, did you ever found anyone else and do you still love me?" Rose, Amy and Blackout stood still. Blackout looked at Rose then Danny. He quickly walked backwards to give the other two hedgehogs some room while he pulled Amy with him making sure that if the conversation doesn't go well then at least they were away from the chaos.
"Why do you care so much?" she sighed before continuing "... In answer to your first question, no, after what happened with you I stopped caring for anyone else and became depressed for a while... Your second question, if I have to be honest...I don't know...Ever since that day I tried my best to forget about you and what had happened... I simply don't know..." all of a sudden Rose collapse onto her knees again and started to cough violently.
Danny quickly jumped back with Blackout and Amy so that he could get into his fighting stance and prepare himself to face the parasite once again.
"Hehe... now you did it...you made her think of such a horrible subject...you made her vulnerable...and now...she was able to be taken over by me...hehehe..." the voice said while smirking at the three hedgehogs in front of her. "Soon I'll be able to take full control of this body...and then make you into one of us..."
"Must you say that again? Seriously you've said that like 3 times already..." Blackout said keeping his cool image, while Amy giggled. Danny just shook his head. 'At a serious moment like this he has time to joke? (tuts)'
"Hehe...enjoy your smart mouthing while you can..." it said before it released her. Rose eyes were confused, she looked around for a moment until she realised where she was then she looked at Amy, Blackout and Danny.
"What are you guys doing standing there?? We have a job to do!!" and with that she spun round and continued to walk down the corridor. Amy and Blackout did an anime sweat drop.
"At least her mind is still there." Blackout said as he watches Rose walking confidently down the corridor. Danny sighed. "What's wrong?"
"All this time she's been suffering alone. Not able to talk to anyone about what I did to her. Now look at her, she's turned into something that isn't her. But I can't argue with that, I was the one who made her like that in the first place. I can't even remember the last time she smiled properly!" he looked away, ashamed of himself. "When I was younger, I care for her so much. But I couldn't possibly imagine the way she felt, being so neglected and alone, wanting me to love her so much, but I couldn't. Now I understand what it means to be alone." Amy watches him carefully just in case he was faking this but, he wasn't.
"You truly care about her don't you?" Blackout asks him, hearing this Danny's head lifted up, he smiles sadly at the two of them before nodding his head.
"I was such a coward when I was younger and didn't stand up to her parents when I overheard them talking therefore, I let her slip out of my life. If I could go back in time, I would, but since I can't, I want to make it up to her by being by her side." He says while looking at the ground, his hands tighten to make fists. "I can't even say the three words that she wants to hear." He took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket, even though he had read it loads of time before, he read it again...
To Danny,
It seems that I'm not wanted anymore. But that's alright; I suppose I had this coming. All this time, I wanted you to say that you love me or at least...something that was less than 4 words. 'I love you' or 'I don't'. You are right I am a pathetic, miserable weakling... It's just...I thought me and you could have happened you know?...But it seems that maybe, it just wasn't meant to be... Even though there was a little chance of me and you happening, I still took it... I suppose that this is for the best, at least now I'll be out of your life for good right? I just hope that you find someone who could make you smile when I could not... After all before you know it, you'll soon find a girlfriend and perhaps even get married... However I might not be so lucky, but that's alright because at least you would finally be happy... All I want is for you to be happy and smiling. Even if that means that you're not with me...I'm such a fool to think that someone like you could ever fall in love with me... After all it was wrong for me to make me do such a thing wasn't it? I'm sorry for everything... I'm sorry for making you feel uncomfortable... I'm sorry for following you around... And I'm sorry to have ever loved you...
From: Rose
"This letter...was what I had found the day she left..." he says as his teeth grits together. He tossed it over to Blackout and Amy so that they could have a look at it. Amy
gasps while reading it and soon she found herself crying slightly. "She thought... that it was her fault... she thought that she was the one to blame for my anger...she left thinking that she was the one to blame...when it should have been me..." Without warning he punched the wall besides him, successfully making a hole in it. Blackout then tossed the letter back to Danny when finished reading it, he caught it and placed the letter back into his pocket where it usually stays.
"Do you promise that you will take care of Rose and not to hurt her again?" Amy asks him tears still in her eyes.
"Of course I will, I learnt from my mistakes from the past and will not make the same mistake again." He says keeping his eyes on her to let her know that he was serious. She nodded to him now understanding his content.
"In that case, I and Blackout will help you get Rose by your side." She said throwing a smile his way before smiling at Blackout. Danny seemed shocked.
"You'll do that, for me? Why?" he asks suspecting something suspicious.
"You're not the only one who wants Rose to be happy... seeing she like this is definitely not healthy and not pleasant either...That's why I want the best for her...Besides, she's helped me recover in the past so I suppose... I owe her one." she explains while Danny is in awe. Before he could reply however, Rose spoke.
"What's taking you guys so long?! Hurry up before I drag all of you with me!!" she yells, snapping the three hedgehogs from their conversation. They share a glance before laughing nervously then catching up with Rose. The rest of the way round the building was a quiet journey, when they were going round the building for the second time however; they came across some more difficulties. Rose looks at Amy for a moment before speaking. "There's something you're not telling me, I can sense it." She stops walking and turns around to face the three hedgehogs. "C'mon spit it out, you know that I hate to be the last person to be told about anything so you better tell me." The three hedgehogs stood still.
"I-I-I have no idea what you're talking about...hehe" Amy said nervously, trying to look sincere.
"What about you then? You look as bad as Amy." Rose says with her arms cross as she switches her attention to Blackout.
"Huh? N-n-no you must be mistaken, I don't know anything." He says quickly raising his hands in defence. Rose then casts her attention to Danny.
"Oh and what about you? Surely you have something that you want to tell me?" she asks him, her voice as stern as ever. But Danny wasn't fazed by this.
"Sorry to disappoint but in answer to your question, no, we don't have anything to tell you right guys?" he says to which Amy and Blackout nod furiously. Rose just shook her head.
"Oh well, I suppose it doesn't matter now anyways, I'll find out soon enough." She says giving each of them a grin earning a slight gulp from each of them. Continuing to finish the 'mission' that the Boss had sent them, Rose and Danny was quiet while Amy and Blackout started a conversation.
"You know Blackout, after a few months of training and going on missions with you, I don't really know anything about you." Hearing this startled him a little bit but no one noticed.
"What would you like to know Amy?" he asks sincerely.
"Well, the girl from your past life, what was she like?" she asks looking up to him. Instantly both Rose and Danny switch their attention to Blackout slightly curious of his past life.
"Well, that girl was one of a kind. She's kind, smart, beautiful, and slightly bad tempered but that's one of the many things that I like about her." he looks thoughtful for a moment "Why do you ask?" he asks all a sudden which successfully caught her off guard.
"Erm...Well I- No reason." She said looking forward so that she wouldn't have to face him. However, he knew that something was wrong and smirked slightly. It was true that Amy wanted to know more about the girl in his past life but only because she wanted to know what type he was interested in. To see if she could ever have a chance of being with him therefore she went over with what he had said. 1. Kind, well she was kind so that wasn't a problem. 2. Smart, she smart in her own way she suppose. 3. Beautiful, of course she's beautiful. 4. Slightly bad tempered? That sound a little like her. As if on cue Danny said:
"Sounds like your describing Amy." He chuckled at the idea. Unfortunately, Blackout seems to lose his composure.
"...Don't be r-ridiculous! I mean how could I be describing her?!" he laughs nervously keeping a hand behind his head. By now Rose and Amy were suspicious, their eyes have narrowed and their frowns have returned to their faces. However through all of this they kept walking not one of them breaking their pace. Danny's lips twitch into a smile but he resisted.
"May I talk to you for a moment?" He says to Blackout who was surprised that he was talking to him. "You guys can go on, we'll catch up." He says to Rose and Amy who both raise their eyebrows in an amused fashion before walking on.
"So what you want to talk about?" he asks him after he saw that Rose and Amy were out of ear shot.
"It's okay. I know your secret so you can drop that silly act of yours." Danny said which caused confusion to appear on Blackout's face.
"Know? Know what?" he said in reply keeping himself in denial.
"It's hardly unnoticeable. You're that person who hurt Amy in her past life. Am I right?" He could have sworn that his jaw hit the floor in a comical fashion but he chose to ignore it.
"How?" was the only word that he could say at the moment. 'This guy's like Shadow.'
"The way you look at her is the same way that I look at Rose. Possessiveness. I admit, when it comes to Rose that I get slightly, protective of her, but I couldn't help but notice that you're a bit like that as well when it comes to Amy. If I remember correctly, your real name is Sonic isn't it not?" he says smirking at little at his expression. "I take that as a yes then, but that also means that you know who this 'Shadow' person is right?" he paused, waiting for him to answer. "Please, I need to know what he's like; he trained Rose for approximately a year after she left me. I need to know if this Shadow person hasn't corrupted her mind in any way or at least turned her against me." Blackout stared at him for a moment. 'It seems that he has a disliking to Shadow.'
"I-I can assure you that Shadow isn't like that," 'At least I don't think he is.' "I'm sure that Shadow just merely trained her so that she could recover from what happened with you, I'm sure that Shadow hasn't corrupted her mind whatsoever." He says with a nervous smile.
"And you are sure about this?" he said to him to which he nodded in reply. "In that case, I'm relieved. Don't worry, I won't tell Amy or Rose for that matter, this is your business so your secret's safe with me." He says after seeing Blackout's worried expression. "But if you won't tell Amy then I will." Hearing that got his attention.
"What do you mean?" he says trying his best to keep his composure.
"You can't keep lying to her. Look at me for instance, I was suppose to keep lying to Rose for a couple of months, three years later, I finally confess." 'Three years? Has it been that long since Amy was gone?'
"Alright, I understand, but I'll tell her when the time is right." He says drawing in a breath then letting it out.
"As you wish, however if you can't bring yourself to tell her then I will." He says as a silent promise. He nodded in understanding. Then the pair walked after the two female hedgehogs.
Hours Later...
As the four hedgehogs walked around the building in silence, the three hedgehogs have noticed that Rose's attacks have become more violent if not more confident than before, they know that it'll be a matter of time before she gets taken over completely. But like hell if they were just going to sit back and watch. Rose of course was not stupid; something was in her head, something strong and powerful. What was it however, was something that she simply didn't know, but there was no way in hell if she was going to let it control her. All of a sudden her head started to buzz and her vision started to blur. If she could listen carefully she could hear a voice.
"Go To Sleep...Let Your Eyelids Fall... And Let Me Take Over..." it hissed. 'You think I'm going to just let you take over me? Keep dreaming.' She replied to the voice in her head. "You Won't Have A Choice...You Will Soon see Things My Way... I Can Give You Power And Anything Else You Want...All You Have To Do Is Give In... And Let Me Control You..." it said making Rose feels a little tempted but too much of her dismay she resisted. 'Sorry to disappoint but I do things alone, I don't need anyone's help, especially yours.' She countered however hearing this, the voice got angry. "So Be It, Your Body Will Be Mine!! One Way Or The Other You Will Obey Me!! This Is Your Punishment!!" it screamed making her head throb in pain; she then doubled over and groaned in pain.
"Rose!" Amy reaches to help but her hand was swatted away by Blackout.
"We can't help her! The only way we can help her is to destroy the main parasite until then, she'll have to fend for herself." He says as Rose rises from the ground, her shoulders slumped slightly which only meant for one thing. "Amy Look Out!!" But it was too late. Amy screams slightly but was cut off with Rose's hand over her mouth.
"Now, now all that screaming has hurt my ears," she grins at her before throwing her to the ground, the move was so fast that neither Danny nor Blackout could've stop it. Laughing, she looks at the two males. "Your turn," she fazes out to create confusion for the two males then jumps from the wall and throws herself into Blackout who collides into the wall. She lands gracefully on her feet, her eyes now a black empty colour as she gazes at Danny. "I suppose I should dispose of you then maybe she'll be willing to give in."
"You are able to form a complete sentence instead of breaking off in the middle." He says noticing its speech.
"Ah yes, you see, I couldn't get use to this new mouth." it open and closes Rose's mouth just to show him. "However now I am use to it, the way she talks is so fluent, even I am able to talk like her. Want to hear?" it asks him.
"Don't you dare speak to me with her mouth!" he says clenching both of his fists, his eyes blazing from anger.
"My, my aren't we a little touchy?" it speaks mimicking Rose's tone. Roaring out loud, Danny fazes out and fazes back in when he's behind her, he throws a punch but it blocks and throws him across the room. "If I'm stronger now imagine how strong I'll be when I fully take control of this body." It poses in a thoughtful position "Imagine all the possibilities." It says smirking at Danny's fallen form before being pinned to the ground. "Wow, aren't we a little quick." It says its smirk widening even more. He growls before
mumbling a few incoherent words as yellow bindings came from nowhere pinning its arms and pinning its legs. "Isn't this an interesting position?" it says its smirk now breaking into a grin.
"Don't you dare speak to me with her mouth." He says, venom practically dripping from his words.
"Oh and why not?" it says continuing its mimic of Rose's voice.
"Or else, you die." He hissed out. It seemed to be amused as it laughed obviously not fazed by his threat.
"In that case go ahead, I'm not stopping you." It says not bothered that it was still pinned to the ground. Anger had now successfully clouded his mind. How dare this creature speak from her mouth while using her tone? Hasn't she been suffering enough already?
Maybe after she sees this she might lose her pride, her only item that she protects so dearly. His palm was above the face of Rose, he was ready to obliterate the parasite to pieces however Blackout knocked him to one side before any damage could be taken.
"Have you lost your mind?!" Blackout said to him, grabbing his shoulders and shaking him for some effect. "Do you know what would have happened if you killed him?! You would have killed Rose as well!!" he shouted trying to get him out of his angry state. Danny closed his eyes and placed a hand over his eyes, trying his best to calm down.
"You're right, sorry. I nearly lost it. Go, Amy needs you." He says as he glanced at the unconscious Amy that was thrown across the corridor not too long ago.
"Right," he says and ran to Amy in order to aid her. "Amy? Amy? Are you okay?" he says shaking her gently in order to bring her out of consciousness. "C'mon girl." It was then that he had an idea; surely Amy would kill him later but still... He checks on her pulse for a minute and noticed that it was fading ever so slowly... With wide eyes he immediately leans downwards and took her lips in his, to anyone else but Danny; it would seem that he was simply give Amy mouth to mouth however to Blackout this was a little bit more. Of course he gave her the mouth to mouth but still where else was he going to have a great opportunity like this? 'Her lips are so soft.' He made a mental note of that before pulling back and presses on her chest a few times, he repeated this one more time before Amy responded and gasped for air.
"W-what happened?" she asks her eyes filled with confusion.
"Gee, where do I start?" he says sarcastically, helping her up. She laughs, surprised that she was able to recover so quickly, maybe Rose's training is the cause of it?
"Well, well isn't this sweet." The parasite says throwing her head back in laughter not fazed that it was still pinned to the floor by Danny's bindings. "You know it won't be long until I take over this body, then soon you will suffer too...hehe... Later!" it says to Amy as it gave a sickly smile to all three of them before loosening its control on Rose, bringing Rose back into commission. She growls at the fact that somehow that thing inside her head had made her blackout again, she looks around the second she felt that something was holding her down. Her head went to Danny's direction, knowing that something like this could only be his doing, and of course she was right.
"What did you do to me?" she says slowly in a deadly like tone. Danny nearly had a heart attack considering of how wrong that sounded but answered her nonetheless.
"I did nothing but restrain you." Fearing that she might ask why he quickly thought of an explanation just in case. Hearing her mutter something got him baffled. She didn't ask why? Could it be that she knows? Rose was slightly thankful of these powerful restraints since that while she was busy in dream world anything could happen with that thing in control. However what had her confused was why she was dreaming about a particular smiling blue hedgehog? Maybe she was planning on torturing him but was awaken too soon? Either way, that damn thing must be terminated at all cost.
There you are then, another chapter. Remember PLZ REVIEW!! Or else... (Sends death glare) Also I apologise that I haven't updated in 8 weeks or so, I have just got back from holiday and things have been a little hectic so I once again apologise for any inconvenience this has caused. (bows)