Hey guys! I've tossed ideas up in the air for the past week and I think I have finally found out how the visit with Fate is going to go out. Hope you guys enjoy the chapter and don't forget to tell me what you think of the chapter!
Disclaimer: Dark-Illusion-Detective does not own any of the Sonic Characters nor does she own Sega. She does however own all the OC's mentioned in the last chapter and she owns Fate the Fox, Rogue and Cecelia the Demons.
Drum roll please! Chapter Three of Family Matters has arrived!
Chapter Three: Visit Gone Wrong
Dawn had arrived faster than usual, but no one cared in West Side Island about how quickly or how slow the sun rose to paint the sky, mainly because most people were fast asleep, caught up in their dreams of how the new year would go out. Everyone would be in a dream world... but one refused to sleep, no matter how late she had stayed up.
Inside the lonesome house that resided on the outskirt of West Side Island, sitting on a large cream colored rug was a young fox that stared at the rising sun as though it was an interesting program on TV. Through her trance of watching, Fate sighed as she stood up slowly.
Within a few seconds the door was knocked on. Fate frowned as she walked to the door and was about to open it... until she froze and her breath was caught in her throat.
"No... she's alive? Let alone he's alive and with her? I sense danger... for... you've got to be kidding me!" Fate found herself thinking as she backed away from the door. Suddenly the door swung open and two shadow figures were visible as the orange sky made them stick out.
"My dear Fate. We meet again. I am sure you have met up with my counterpart?"
Fate backed away with slight fear; she was about the size of a five year old and compared to the two figures, she was very small.
"Rogue... what the hell are you doing here?" she growled with a venomous tone.
"Is that any way to talk to the person who summoned me? No wonder why you did Master Rogue. She holds no respect, no discipline, no manners toward her superiors."
"Master? Ha! You never took any orders before. What did he do to get you to list-"
Fate let out a pained gasp as Rogue picked her up and slammed her into a wall with a glass cabinet. She felt the glass shatter as soon as she hit it and she could've sworn she felt a piece go through her. Looking into Rogue's stone grey eyes, she could see anger and hatred pulsing through him as though it was blood. She held back a shriek as she was thrown across the room and the shadow mistress jumped above her and kicked her.
"C-Cel... AH!!" Fate screamed out in pain as Rogue grabbed her by her tail and showed her his clawed fingers.
"I am the prophet of Hell and-"
"You mean was. You're not anymore! We've got a better prophet and one that will never turn against us!"
"Silence!"
Fate felt herself get slammed into the ground and she felt warmth leave her; she was bleeding badly from the wound in her back and a small gash started to form on her head. The shadow mistress looked at Fate as she snapped her fingers. Rogue took on the form of a chameleon and she took on the form of an armadillo.
"Ah, that's better. Thank you mistress Cecelia."
"It was no problem Master Rogue."
Fate saw images of disaster, of betrayal enter her mind's eye and she struggled to get out of Rogue's hold.
"LET ME GO!!"
Rogue and Cecelia stared at Fate as she started to whimper and cry very loud.
"Glad she chose to live in a place so-"
Rogue was suddenly cut off as the door was forced open and a red armadillo, Mighty, ran toward Fate's desperate cries. Rogue was slammed with a punch and his grip on Fate instantly loosened as he flew through a window.
"Cheap shot."
Mighty was stopped and he looked at the figure with wide, tear filled eyes. He couldn't believe who he was seeing.
"C-Celia..."
"It's Cecelia now!"
"So what? It's just a two letter difference," commented Flame as she and Angel hung upside down from the ceiling. Running through the door was Vector, Charmy, Apple, Hailey and Ocean, while Espio appeared by the window with his kunais in an easy to reach place, and I teleported inside next to Mighty.
No one moved as we all looked at Celia... erm, Cecelia. She had changed a great deal since I last saw her, since Mighty had last saw her. She had once been bright blue, almost like Ocean, but now her shell was painted such a dark violet that it appeared to be black, and her eyes that were a royal blue were now pulsing blood red as we studied her. Turning away from the strange sight, I saw Fate who was glaring at me with hatred in her eyes; looks like our rivalry hadn't ended, even if it would be for a few moments.
It was until Rogue came through the way he had been punched out that all chaos was let loose. Everyone started to attack the invaders, and shrieks from everyone were heard at least once or twice throughout the battle.
Cecelia was fighting the Chaotix, Apple and Hailey, while the rest of us were pouring our hearts and souls into defeating Rogue. I sort of lost track of how the battle between Cecelia was going but all I knew was that we were getting our butts handed to us. It was when Ocean was held up in the air by Rogue when things started to get slightly interesting.
"Let me go!"
"TIME FREEZE!!"
The scene froze and Angel darted over to Fate.
"Are you okay?"
"You're asking me that in the middle of a battle?!" Fate questioned with her voice filled with concern and worry.
"Listen. Help us out."
"Hmph. Like I would help a traitor like Sin-"
"Please... Sinister doesn't mean any harm, in fact, if we don't help her out she could wind up in a worse place than Hell," Angel explained quietly.
Fate blinked as she looked at me. Sure she hated me, and she had every right to hate me just like the majority population of mobians hated me, but... could she really live without me around to hate? Apparently not because she turned to Angel and sighed.
"Fine. Just this once."
Angel smiled as she followed Fate toward the glass cabinet that was shattered thanks to Rogue slamming her into it. Out of the glass wreckage, she took out a large ninja sword.
"Unfreeze this."
"You sure?"
"Positive. Just do it."
Angel nodded as she unfroze the scene. Rogue looked at Cecelia who had been hit with a kunai. As she yelped in pain, Mighty froze trying to get Ocean out of Rogue's grip and was met with my scythe on accident. I looked at my scythe as I realized that I saw Rogue in Mighty's position.
What was going on with me?
"DADDY!!"
I dropped my scythe as I stared at Rogue. Pain filled me and I felt like I was on fire as I stumbled backwards. The black chameleon, Rogue, saw this moment as his chance. He tossed Ocean toward Mighty as he darted to me and lifted me into the air with his clawed fingers wrapped around my neck.
"Traitor. How delightful to meet you again."
"You were vanquished. H-how... th-did..."
Rogue smirked as he examined me in his clawed hands, "poor thing. A fever. What happened to you never getting sick? Don't tell me the Angel of Death hates you too."
I growled as I kicked Rogue in the place where it would hurt any man to be kicked... but he didn't fall to the ground squealing in pain or anything like that. He just blinked and glared at me.
"Honestly now. Is that any way to treat your superior?"
Looking down I saw that one of his clawed hands was about to stab me, fear racing through me I closed my eyes and waited for the pain. Moments, no... minutes passed and nothing seemed to have changed. Did Angel use Time Freeze and made it so I wouldn't be killed?
"What's her temperature Hail?"
I opened my eyes to see that Fate's wounds had been treated, that Cecelia and Rogue weren't there anymore... and I was on the ground with ice on my head and neck. During my daze I stared up at Fate and realized that she had changed too. Instead of being like normal foxes with bright orange fur, she had changed it so it was a blood red color and the tips of her tail was pure black. Her eyes struck me with daggers as her pale silver eyes glared at me slightly. Suddenly something was taken out of my mouth and when I heard what Hailey said it made my heart nearly stop.
"104 degrees. It rose."
"Her pulse just stopped..." a few seconds passed and I felt my pulse returning and heard Ocean sigh with relief, "nevermind. She's got her pulse back."
"Sin, don't you dare go unconscious again!"
"Wha..."
A hand was placed over my mouth and the coldness of that hand made my body shiver. My eyes met up with Apple's who seemed to be beyond furious.
"Don't talk either!"
Glancing at Angel and the rest of them I saw that no one looked me directly in the eyes, nor did they talk to me. Fate was the only one along with Angel who actually seemed to care about me. My eyes felt heavy... like stone... and darkness concealed me in a blanket of sleep; and only the sound of Apple's panicky voice echoed in my mind as dreams flooded me.
--- Hours Later ---
In my dream I remember being underwater, I had many wounds and I had no chance of survival. What stopped me from sinking completely? A hand. It was encased in metal and the eyes I met up with were pure yellow. I felt scared when I saw the figure. The scene switched to when I'm on land and asking, "who are you?"
Suddenly the dream ended there as I woke up to see I was in a large tub of ice. Shivering, I squealed and ran out of the bathroom only to hit a wall as I tried to make a turn. Rubbing my head I started running until two people caught me.
I was crying again as I buried my face into one of the people's shoulder, "d-don't let me go!" I cried with fear.
"Um... Shadow?"
"That's not Shadow... it sounds too girly to be Shadow," I heard one of the people remark.
The hands instantly let me go and I dropped to the ground. Instantly I regained composure as I looked up at the too familiar eyes of Sonic and Tails.
"You're Sinister right?" Tails asked me as he helped me up to my feet.
"Y-yes."
"Wow... what happened to you? You're a mess."
"I... don't..." I stopped then quickly asked, "where is everyone else?!"
Tails and Sonic's expression sort of fell into sadness as they explained to me how everyone had seen Fate's prediction of the future, how I was to die because of everyone else. So they abandoned me in a tub of ice and hoped for the better. Sonic then explained that they had to check on me and see if my fever had gone down enough for me to start travelling again.
"It looks like you gained your strength back though."
"T-travel where though?"
"The Chaotix didn't say. They only said to check up on a black hedgehog with silver streaks, we came and you sort of ran into us."
Bowing, I quickly apologized. Then I gasped as I ran into the living room, "ANGEL!"
There really was no one there, except for Sonic and Tails. I saw their eyes fill with sympathy and worry as I looked around frantically for Angel. For some sign that Angel or even Fate was still around. My fears had been brought to life as I fell to my knees and started to cry again; I was alone... something... I hated the most.
Sonic and Tails knelt down beside me and comforted me. Soon though I regained my composure once more and I sighed as I snapped my fingers and my scythe appeared in my hands. Slowly and shakily I stood up and used my scythe for support.
"You don't know where you're going though right?"
"Don't remind me. Yes though, you're right. I mean, they didn't leave me a letter... I can't say that I'm happy they left even though they probably saved me in the process..."
Tails shook his head, "I don't know. I mean, doesn't it seem weird that you're alone and everyone who cared about you left?"
I shook my head but then something came out of my mouth that I never expected to come out, "Apple."
"You want an apple? At a time like this?"
I then asked, "where the hell is Apple!? She's a hybrid between a fox and a raccoon. Now did you see her? She's green with light gold eyes."
The duo shook their head and I wanted to swear. But then I started to run back to the tub of ice that had melted into water. I stuck my head in along with one hand and I felt myself getting pulled out.
"What are you doing?"
"Tails, let me go!"
"Why though?"
"It's a gut instinct. Now let me go before I chaos spear you off," I threatened and the yellow fox listened to me. I repeated until I gasped fresh air and held a laminated note. It was badly written and I knew whose handwriting it was almost right off the back.
Sinister,
I'm so sorry. But Fate says if we don't leave soon, then you're in danger. Actually you and a couple other people are in danger (not including Sonic or Tails). When you went unconscious, Cecelia and Rogue nearly killed you, but luckily for anthros to be quick healers right? Anyways, besides the point. Fate's taking Flame, Apple, and the rest of us to some strange place that I can't spell. Sorry I can't tell you about it. She just says its got a nice beach and it's always nighttime. She says that you'd know the way there because that's where the Angel of Death first found you all those years before you became an apprentice. So you have to go there! If you don't, I'm sure that Cecelia and Rogue will find us and kill us before we tell them where you are... please... I don't want to lose my family like Charmy did once. Please... find us.
From,
Angel.
P.S- I'm glad that you found this. Fate said you'd have a dream about water and refer back to it to find this. So if you're reading it, I'm glad. Be safe.
"Um, why did you want to know where Apple was?"
"It... I honestly don't know. I just had a bad feeling about her that's all. But I'm sure when I find her then I'll find out why my feelings feel so bad."
"Huh... weird. So are we ready to go?"
"We? You're coming?"
"Sure am!" replied Sonic in his carefree tone of voice. A part of me wanted to groan, but that was Shadow's bloodline talking to me. I shrugged it off and grinned.
"As long as you guys don't get in my way, I'm fine with it."
"I don't know why... maybe it's how you look, but you remind us of Shadow," Tails remarked.
I spun my scythe around in my hand and smiled, "hm. I guess I can explain a few things on the way there."
"Not to seem like a pest, but where is 'there'?"
Minutes passed again and I frowned, "I... don't remember."
"How long has it been? I mean you look like you're only seventeen so not that long right?"
I sighed and explained, "you see. I'm actually older than I appear to be. For all I know, I could be hundreds of years old!"
"Hun... dreds?"
"Years old?"
Rolling my eyes I laughed.
"Relax. Um... listen, if you guys help me out and find this place, then I'll give you one favor each. So... do we have a deal?"
The duo grinned, "you bet! Can we use one of those favors though?"
"Right now? We haven't even left West Side Island yet!"
"We know. But... if we're looking for a place, then we should get someone here to help. Um... you know Shadow-"
"No."
"Huh? Why?"
I grimaced when I recalled what he tried to do when he found out what my occupation was.
"Perhaps later? I honestly don't want to meet up with my ancestor at the moment. I promise though, I will fufill that favor in the future but not now."
They shrugged and seemed confused by why I would refuse such a favor like that. I walked toward the exit and said, "oh... one other thing. If there ever is a moment where none of you can find me, or there's extreme danger... don't stick around. Run away as fast as you can. Got it? No matter what."
Tails looked at Sonic who in return smirked, "got'cha."
As we walked out of Fate's house and as I held onto my scythe for support because of my loss of balance, I realized that this was a whole new adventure. But at the same time, the feeling of something horrible happening to the others filled my mind with endless possibilities. Along with those possibilities came questions.
... What did Fate actually see while I was unconscious? Why were Sonic and Tails called upon instead of anyone else? And what did that last dream mean? Nothing probably, that was my thought when we walked down the path toward the sleeping city of West Side Island.
... But time loves to make us feel safe, to soften the blow; and destiny always is cruel. Those dreams did mean something, and I found out too late.
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Oh my Chaos! I sometimes wish my cousin didn't visit me every other day! This is my second time writing this and I'm surprised that I had the attention span to write it all over again for... um four hours. So yep there's the chapter for you guys. I know everything in this chapter seems a bit confusing but you'll see exactly what's going to happen in the next chapters to come. So until then, hope you enjoyed it!