Prologue
He could hear screams all around him. "He's coming!"
He was confused, he couldn't open his eyes, they felt like they weighed a ton.
"Sonic...why?" A tearful voice whispered.
His eyes shot open at the voice, he stared around. The skies were dark, there were fires around him everywhere.
That's when he caught sight of himself in a mirror, what he saw horrified him. He was covered in blood, he didn't know whose it was. The maniacal look on his face made him sick to his stomach.
He backed away from the mirror, shaking his head. "No, this isn't me."
"But it will be," a dark voice laughed. "You will kill everything, and everyone close to you."
"No!"
Tails sat next to Sonic's bed, he was resting his head next to his brother's arm. It has been two months since they defeated Project Odin and saved everyone.
A few days after the fight, Sonic and Amy had fallen into comas with no signs of them ever waking. He thought he'd succeeded in making the cure, but now he felt like a complete failure.
"I'm sorry," he whispered sadly. "If I'd been smarter, Stella wouldn't be without her parents."
He suddenly felt Sonic's arm twitch, which caused his head to pop up. "So-"
His eyes snapped open as he gasped, letting out a choked sob. "No..."
"Sonic are you ok?" Tails asked worriedly.
Sonic turned and stared at him, with wide fearful eyes. "Who're you?"
"What?" Tails asked, it felt like someone had just sucker punched him in the gut. "It's me...Tails."
"I-I don't..." Sonic trailed off as he stared at his hands, which were clean. "Who am I?"
Tails stared sadly at his brother who seemed so lost and confused. Sonic then jumped up from the bed, pulling the various I.v.'s out and ran from the room.
"Wait..." Tails called feebly, unable to really do anything due to shock. He stood up and followed Sonic slowly.
Sonic didn't know where he was going, until he came upon a room where he could slightly see the figure of a pink hedgehog.
"Who..." He held his head as he tried to think of who she was. He then ran from the building without another word.
Tails made it to Amy's room and opened the door. Rouge looked up from her magazine, a frown appearing at his defeated demeanor.
"What's wrong hun?" She asked worriedly. "Did something-"
"He woke up," he said in a melancholy voice. "But he doesn't remember anything...and it's my fault."
"It's not your fault," she said earnestly. "You did the best you could under the circumstances."
"But my best wasn't good enough." Tails said roughly. "What if she wakes up and wants to see him?"
Rouge looked conflicted. "I don't..."
"We can't...we don't even know if she'll remember." Tails said sadly. "What's Stella going to do? What if she comes before we can talk Sonic into coming back?"
"Oh Tails," she stood up and gave him a hug. "I'll call Knuckie and Shadow and they'll help me look for him."
"Ok." He said with a short nod. "I'll stay with Amy."
Two hooded figures stood before an ancient looking archway.
"Are you sure we should be doing this?" A female voice asked. "This whole plan is unprepared."
"This is the only way," a male voice said. He turned back to a forest beyond which an orange glow could be seen. "If we don't go back...he won't stop until we're all dead."
"But what if..." She was cut off as he turned towards her and both hoods fell off.
"Blaze you should stop questioning me so much," the silver hedgehog said, a smirk in place, gold meeting gold. "Everything will work out."
"I'll never understand how you view life so optimistically," she shook her head. "Especially under the circumstances."
"Can you just open the portal?" He rolled his eyes at her.
She stuck out her tongue as she summoned some emeralds to her, they surrounded her in a circle. Her golden eyes flash red as a swirling portal opens up.
"Are you ready?" She asked.
"I'm always ready," he smirked as he took her hand.
"Silver, you're too much sometimes." He laughed as they jumped through together.