Past Secrets
Chapter 31 - The Old Form
Dark's POV
"Alright! I had enough of his bullshit! I want to know, and I deserve to know what the hells going on! I'm not going to sit here and wait for him!" Yelled Sonic.
Sonic began to make his way to the stairs when I grabbed him by the arm. I quickly dragged him off the stairs and threw his body into the wall.
"What the fuck! Who do you think you are?" Yelled Sonic.
"I'm Shadow's brother and you shouldn't be worried about what Shadow's been hiding, because we both have been hiding it for years! Also Sonic; Shut the fuck up you blue piece of trash. You're probably the only one here right now who doesn't deserve to know what happen! I ought to throw your skinny blue ass out the door! After how you treat Amy; you only deserve a good beating yourself!" I yelled back.
Sonic was furious and began to yell back.
"You listen here you black shit head! I'm Sonic the hedgehog. You have no idea who you are messing with! I don't even know you and you already threaten to kick my ass! That's not a good start when becoming friends! I don't know what your fucking problem is and honestly; I don't care! You may be Shadow's brother, but if you want to fight; then lets do it!"
I was about fed up with this abuser's attitude and it's lucky for him, that Silver friend of Shadow's got between us.
"Calm down! Both of you! Sonic; Shadow said for us to wait for him. In the mean time, we can have Dark here answer what we want to know, and I'm sure he can tell us what they have been hiding. So please, just calm down and go take a seat on the couch."
Sonic looked into my eyes and I could see how hard he was trying not to hit me, but after a good stare down; Sonic pushed by me and Silver and sat on the couch.
I looked at Silver and took his hand.
"Thanks. I appreciate it." I said.
Silver began to shake my hand and replied.
"Not a problem. Just come on and sit, so we can start figuring things out."
I smiled and let go of his hand and then walked back to the couch and took a seat next to Amy, who was starring into my eyes. I looked at her and they began to ask questions.
"So what have you and my Shadow been hiding?" Asked Amy.
"Your Shadow?" I questioned.
"Well, we're not dating per say… but we will be." Replied Amy.
"Yeah, Shadow told me how you dumped him." I said calmly.
"I didn't dump him!" Shouted Amy.
"Amy?" Said Silver.
Amy looked at Silver.
"You dumped him." Said Silver.
Amy put her head down and I put my hand on her arm.
"You ok?" I asked sincerely.
Amy looked back into my eyes and smiled.
"I'm fine now." Replied Amy in a lover like tone.
I slowly looked away and back at Silver who noticed Amy's response as well.
"So what's been happening?" Asked this fox with two tails.
"I'm sorry to seem like I'm avoiding this question, but what's all your names?" I asked.
The fox looked at me and replied.
"I'm sorry. I am Tails."
Tails then took the red echidna's arm and said.
"And this is Knuckles."
Knuckles nodded his head and waited for me to continue.
I made myself comfortable and ready my response.
"Shadow told me before that you Silver and Tails and I believe Knuckles were ambushed before by Eggman." I started.
Everyone nodded their heads and listen eagerly.
"Me and Shadow used to live on a space station called ARK. Eggman ran the station as a terrorist found company and he used me and Shadow to do…." I was interrupted by a loud thud from up stairs. Everyone looked up at the ceiling.
"What was that?" Asked Amy.
I quickly ran up stairs because I knew what it was. I ran through the hall and bashed opened Shadow's door to find him on the floor next to the bed.
"Shadow!" I yelled.
I quickly ran up to his body and picked him up with my hands. I laid him on the bed and looked around. His eyes were covered in blood and I noticed he had an M9 on his night stand. I picked up the gun and the butt was warm. Shadow was going to take his own life then have the form overtake him, but something didn't work out his way. He didn't shoot himself. He fainted, and I'm afraid the form might have taken his soul.
As I laid on the bed with my brothers body, everyone came up the stairs behind me and entered the room. I quickly slipped Shadow's M9 in my jacket and looked at them.
"Dark what happened!" Shouted Amy.
I didn't know what to say or how to put it so I just sat there and felt my brothers neck. He was alive, just asleep.
"Dark!" Yelled Amy.
"I don't know what happened!" I yelled back.
Amy ran up to shadow's body and sat next to him on the bed.
"Shadow! Why is he bloody dark?" Asked Amy.
"I don't know." I replied.
"Is he alive?" Asked Sonic.
"Yes he's alive. He's just asleep." I replied.
"That doesn't explain why he's bleeding." Added Sonic.
"I don't know how." I said once again.
Shadow's body started moving. His feet began to twitch, then his chest pumped upward.
"What's wrong with him?" Yelled Amy.
I watched as the form took over my only brother and I could only do one thing. I pulled out my emerald and tried it once again.
"Chaos seal!" I shouted.
Shadow's body stopped flopping, and we grew weary.
"Shadow…."I said slowly.
As soon as I said that, his eyes opened.
Shadow's POV
"Your dead!" I shouted.
"Long from it my dear boy." Replied Eggman.
Eggman walked towards me and felt my face.
"It looks like Amber did exactly what I thought she would do." Said Eggman.
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"My emerald. You know? The yellow one. She used it to save your life back at the base you and your so called brother destroyed. I guess you didn't ask her, where she got it from? That emerald was connected to machine made by my company that allows me to encrypt certain… brain like frequencies into the power it holds. Lets just say that before I took the emerald, I had my top scientist put a virus in the emerald. So when the power was used on you, it would infect your mind and body with a slow disease. It starts with extreme sleep depravation, then bleeding of the nose and eyes, then lastly suicidal temptations. Until the mind and body are taken over by the connection system, allowing full control over the one who has the virus." Said Eggman.
"You mean…..your in control?" I said sadly.
"It must really suck. Knowing that you tried so hard and in the end I still took what I wanted from you." Replied Eggman.
"What about my old form?" I asked feeling hopeless.
"That demon form you and your brother have?" Questioned Eggman.
I nodded my head.
'I'm going to use yours to kill Dark and as I said before, that whore you love." Replied Eggman.
I began to growl.
"You can't stop me now Shadow. It's far to late. All you can do is sit here and wait until your soul perishes with this body." Stated Eggman.
"I won't let you release him!" I shouted.
"You can try Shadow, but in the end it will not save your friends." Replied Eggman.
I then tried to punch Eggman, but his body vanished and I was left alone in this dark place.
"It's show time Shadow! I hope you have fun staling the inevitable." Said Eggman.
"No! get back here! I swear to god if you fucking hurt anyone of my friends I will kill you!" I screamed.
"Goodbye Shadow. Have fun." Said Eggman.
I light flashed in the darkness and I was scared by what emerged. It was me. My old self. The demon form within me. He was walking towards me with his teeth exposed and blood dripping down his chest. He was extremely more muscular then me and his fur was… it was just something too scary looking to come up with the right words to describe it. As he drew closer I readied myself for a fight. He began to smile and then laugh.
"Get out of my way infidel! Our I'll rip your legs off and watch as you crawl around until you bleed out!" Shouted the demon.
"You kill me and you kill yourself!" I shouted back.
"Is that what you think will happen? No, I kill you and it only means that I will kill your normal form. I will be unleashed and free to live again like before." Replied the demon.
"Your not me! Your only a failed experiment meant to kill anyone that opuses you!" I shouted out in angry.
"That's why Eggman decided to betray you and Dark because "WE" were the failed experiments!" Yelled the demon.
"Your not like me!" I yelled back.
"Your eyes have been deluded by the good within you. I am you! I will always be part of you! Nothing can stop what must happen next!" Shouted the demon as he stopped in front of me.
His breath smelled of flesh and bone.
"I will not let you hurt Amy!" I yelled in his face.
"That pink bitch? I wanted to throw her through the window a few minutes ago. When I'm done killing you, I'll be sure to do my way with her. HAHAHA!" Laughed the demon.
I began to growl and the demon stopped laughing and looked into my eyes. His eyes were crimson red with orange around the inner pupil.
"If you think you can take me then try it!" Yelled the demon.
I growled at him as loud as I could then I went in for a punch. The demon quickly grabbed my arm and swung me over his shoulder and slammed me into the ground. He bent my arm back and pulled.
"AHHHHHHH!" I screamed in pain.
"Does that feel good Shadow?" Asked the demon in anger.
I quickly swung my legs back and feet sweep the demon onto the floor. I got on top of him and punched him in the face. I cut his lip and he began to bleed. I was going in for more when the demon pulled up his legs and connected them to my chest. He pushed up and I was sent sailing into a nearby wall. The place we were fighting in was like a square with only one door that lead out. As I laid on the floor in pain, the demon came up to me and picked me up by the trout, he slammed me into the wall and began to choke me as hard as he could.
"This reminds me of when Sonic was getting this treatment." Said the demon.
I couldn't break free. The demon then growled at me and slammed me onto the floor. He put his foot on my head and shouted.
"I can't believe such a wimp like you was holding me away for so long! How can you protect Amy if you can't even protect yourself!"
I began to turn into a rage and my body grew jet black. My eyes turned pure red and my aura was a black color. My dark form had taken me over.
I forced upward and lifted the demon's foot of my head and then I grabbed his leg and swung him into the wall face first. As he tried to get up I grabbed his neck and began to rapidly beat it against the wall. He began to bleed badly from the mouth.
The demon was madder then ever. He took his hand and punched me in the side. I let go of his neck and he took his advantage. The demon stood up and punched me in the face. I fell onto the floor and he got on top of me again. He then wrapped his hands around my face and began to turn my head. He was trying to break my neck.
He had me about to the point of death when out of nowhere; a bright flash came over us. The demon instantly let go and began to retreat into darkness. Before he vanish he yelled out.
"Your lucky your brother saved your soul. The next time we meet, I'll be sure to end your pathetic life!"
The demon vanished and the door remained closed. My body turned back to normal and I waited for something to happen.
My demon form was just as I remembered. Evil and only wanting to kill someone. Only that time it was me.
As I stood alone in the dark, I began to worry about what Eggman was doing with my body. I had to find a way out of my mind and the only way out was the door.
Dark's POV
Shadow's awakened and his eyes were of pure evil. They were crimson red with a bright orange in the inner pupil. I remember those eyes and they were of his demon.
"No…"I said sadly.
"Shadow!" Shouted Amy in joy.
Shadow began to sit up on the bed and wipe the blood off his eyes. As Amy went for a hug.
Amy grabbed him by the shoulders and the demon reacted. He immediately pushed Amy onto the floor. Amy fell back and hit her head on the wall.
Everyone looked in shock. Silver quickly helped Amy up and Amy yelled at the demon.
"Shadow what the fuck was that for!"
The demon began to smile then laugh. The laugh wasn't his though. It was…. No.
Shadow stood up off the bed a looked at me. He smiled and I began to shake in fear.
"Shadow! Answer me!" Yelled Amy.
"Shut up you little bitch!" Screamed the demon.
Amy looked in disbelief at what she thinks Shadow said.
Sonic approached Shadow and shouted.
"What the fucks your problem!"
The demon stood up and walked towards him. Sonic grew scared. The demon then grabbed him by the trout and held him in his face.
"I may not agree with his methods of thought, but I will tell you once so listen up good you blue hog. If I ever see you break that promise we made, be warned. I will kill you." Said the demon.
Sonic nodded his head as fast as he could and the demon let him go.
The demon began to exit the room with everyone behind him. The demon went into the garage and got on Shadow's bike and started the engine. As soon as it started he opened the door and began to pull out into the street. I ran up to the demon before he was going to get away. As soon as I reached him a grabbed his shoulder and he turned to look into my eyes.
"What did you do to him Eggman?" I asked.
The demon began to laugh then replied.
"Shadow is fighting the form and until it breaks free I will control him and there is nothing you can do to stop me. But I need something from you Dark." Said the Eggman.
"What?" I asked while growling a little.
"Come to my base at these coordinates." Eggman then said three numbers.
"57,76,12."
I remembered them and said.
"I'll be there."
Eggman smiled and replied.
"Good and when you get there, I hope you'll be prepared for what lays ahead."
"What?" I asked.
"We will see if you can make the ultimate sacrifice to save him." Replied Eggman.
Eggman then drove off with my brothers body once again and left me alone with everyone behind me, too shocked and scared to say anything.