Ha ha. I'm so evil. After leaving you off there? Well, you're getting a Silver chapter.

Werewolf99: Well, yeah. Sonic's not a bad guy. And, hey, since when do Eggman and Bowser learn from their defeats? They get beaten, try a new tactic, get beaten again, rinse and repeat to the end of time. Well, strictly speaking, Mephiles didn't lie about a thing. He just omitted information.

Silver gets a boss fight! I incorporated some of his moves from Sonic Generations, because, well, it's cool. And I do like Silver.

Chapter 11 (Silver)

Silver sighed, as he tried to figure out what to do. He'd been sitting on a dock near where he'd fought Sonic and Mario for the past few hours, trying to figure out what the right answer was, and trying to get over Amy and Yoshi's betrayal.

… He'd only known them for a day, true, but they were still the first friends he'd ever had. He wished he had a friend… Someone to ask what to do, to support him when he needed help. With Yoshi gone off with Mario, and Amy Rose who-knows-where… He was all alone again. Just as he'd been in Crisis City. Just as when he'd fought Iblis.

"Is it right?" he asked himself again. "Is killing the right answer? Even if it saves the world?"

"You tell me," a voice said behind him. "Do you think it's the right thing?" Silver slowly turned to see a human girl sitting down, a little ways up the dock. She was wearing yellow and orange athletic clothes, with a flower motif, and had short red hair and bright blue eyes.

"… No, not really," Silver admitted. "But…" Could he trust her? She seemed friendly enough… "Well… I'm from the future. I came back to change things… Make it so my timeline never happened. There's this blue hedgehog who apparently caused it, so… I was trying to…"

"I see," the girl said, deep in thought. "Well, I've got this friend. He's proven to me that there's almost always a way to save the world from evil without taking lives, if you just look for it."

"You think so?" Silver asked. Honestly, what Amy had said about Sonic was still getting to him. The way she'd described him didn't really sound anything like what he'd expected of the Iblis Trigger.

"Yeah. And I'll help you find it," she said. "I'm Daisy!"

"It's kind of dangerous, I couldn't-"

"Ah, pish-posh. I can handle myself." Daisy said, smirking. "Now, why don't we start by trying to figure out where to go?"

"Well… Um… I heard something about Dr. Eggman… Maybe he's involved? Who is he, anyway?"

"Ah! Eggman. I know where to find him!" Daisy exclaimed, back-flipping into a standing position. She grabbed Silver by the wrist. "Hang on, this could get bumpy." She shot a thumbs-up at a stout figure in the shadow of a nearby warehouse, and dashed off at high speed.

Silver shivered in the new environment they'd reached, which was a snowy forest, following Daisy and helping the speed demon sort out robots. He used his tired-and-true method of flinging things at things he didn't like with his psychokinesis, while Daisy had a more… Interesting fighting style.

The speedy girl used her speed to sneak up on robots, and then punched the ground in front of her. This, somehow, had the effect of making gigantic crystals shoot out of the ground and impale robots before sinking back into it. Sometimes, she'd dash into robots, leaving a trail of petals behind her and green grass growing in her wake, even through the snow.

It wasn't long before they were met with an impassable wall with a laser gate, guarded by a few robots. Daisy just used her Petal Dash to plow through all four robots, disabling the gate in the process.

"How'd you know that would work?"

"Listening to Luigi. He's a friend, has experience. Defeating enemies will usually open gates. If not, look for a key. And if that fails, just blast your way through. He and his brother do this a LOT."

"… Huh." Silver thought on this, and was surprised when Daisy suddenly yanked his arm and used her Petal Dash to blast down the mountain.

"What's that for!" he yelled at her over the wind.

"Look behind us!"

Silver did, and wished he hadn't. There was a snowball the size of a building rolling after them. If Daisy hadn't seen it... He didn't want to think about it.

Daisy was straining herself, trying to keep her Petal Dash up. She'd never remained doing it for more than a second or so, and she wasn't even sure how long she could keep it up. As the snowball drew closer, she pushed herself harder and harder. It felt like she was coming up on some sort of barrier… If only she could break through it, they'd be in no danger from the snowball. It was still gaining on them, and Daisy didn't even have the slightest clue of how fast they were going now, but if she didn't want to be squashed, she'd have to go faster.

As she prepared to push herself as hard as she could, she thought back. Man, I thought this'd be easy. Stupid Wario.

Daisy managed to push herself over the invisible barrier. She thought she heard a dull crack, but sound had become so distorted from the sheer speed she was moving at. Silver was hanging on to her, screaming, but the sound never reached her ears. Though she couldn't see it, a huge shockwave went off behind her, blowing snow all over the place and completely obliterating the snowball.

Before she knew it, she'd flown off the edge of a cliff, landed on the other side, and plowed through more killer robots. Finally, she slowed to a stop, and nearly collapsed.

Silver, though shell-shocked, was able to catch her before that happened. "You okay?" he asked.

Daisy laughed. "Ha ha… yeah… I finally did it, Silver!" She grinned, despite the exhaustion present. "I never thought I'd actually manage it!"

"Uh… Manage what?"

Daisy smiled again, standing up shakily. "Going that fast… Let's go find Eggman."

"Um… Okay. But how about I do the work this time?"

Daisy took a tentative step, wincing at the fatigue. "Yeah… Let's go with that."

Thankfully, there was no need for speed throughout the next part of their journey. Silver was able to use his psychokinesis to take out anything in their path, and levitate himself and Daisy across any gaps.

To Silver, this was nothing special. He didn't even think about it, not even when he used the watchtowers surrounding the place as forty-foot-tall dominoes. He was starting to think that Daisy had come to him on purpose… No one normal could've pulled a stunt like THAT. He decided to trust her, though – Whatever her intentions were, she'd saved his life. And he couldn't just ignore that.

He was so caught up in his thoughts, he barely noticed it when Daisy bashed the door to Eggman's base open with more of her weird crystals.

"So…" Daisy panted. "Ready?"

Silver nodded. "But… Why don't you wait out here? Where you're safe…"

"Okay," Daisy said, and collapsed into the snow, ignoring the cold as she started snoring.

Silver turned to the now-destroyed door, and ran inside. He found an empty, snow-filled arena of sorts.

"They're not here," he said. "Where could they have gone?"

"OH HO HO HO!" laughed a voice. "Why, you're a new face." Silver looked up to see a hovercar carrying a fat human in a red jumpsuit, who could be none other than Eggman. "Well, if you're looking for Sonic, I'm afraid he's not here. Or, rather, now. In fact, I assumed you were him, at first, with that little stunt you pulled with the sonic snowball trap. But, I don't have time for you. Say hello to my associate! I'm sure you'll get along splendidly."

Over the other side of the fence leapt a great beast, like some sort of freaky combination between a turtle, a dragon, and an ox. It was huge – Easily ten feet tall, with a spiked shell, a horned head, and flaming red hair. What really got to Silver was its eyes, though – Red orbs, teeming with ambition and malice.

"Gwar har har!" The creature laughed, in a deep, growling voice. "So, you're my opponent? A shrimpy white porcupine? Hah! You're looking at a grade-A, prime-cut, final boss here! I am Bowser! King of Koopas, conquerer of galaxies! And you, puny weakling?"

"Silver! And I'm a hedgehog!" Silver yelled. This guy… He'd practically just announced he was evil! If Sonic was associated with them… Maybe Sonic's actions had led to THEM releasing Iblis! If he stopped them here, then he could save his future!

"I'll leave you two to it, then," Eggman said, flying off.

Bowser grinned, and wasted no time in dashing forward for a punch. Silver jumped out of the way just in time – Not only was the brute big, he was fast. Before Silver could react, Bowser sent another jab at him, knocking him into the air. Silver was able to get his bearings and levitate above the battlefield, where Bowser hopefully couldn't reach him.

It turned out to be a false hope – Bowser jumped up, curling into a spiky ball on the way up. If Silver hadn't flown out of the way, the two-ton projectile would've crushed him into the ground. Silver caught Bowser on the way down, and flew down with him. He slammed the gigantic Koopa into the walls of their arena, denting them beyond repair, but when Bowser uncurled he didn't seem hurt in the least – But he was disoriented form the spinning. Without processing what he was doing, Silver sent a psychic knife at the beast, finally damaging his foe.

"Yow!" Bowser yelped. "That stung! Heh, you're good. Most people don't even manage to hit me." Bowser grinned evilly. "Enjoy this small victory, because now the real battle begins!"

Bowser took a deep breath, flames forming in his mouth. Silver saw this in time, and jumped up, levitating in the air to avoid the spinning flame-breath barrage Bowser unleashed.

As the last few flames left Bowser's mouth, Silver had an idea – A crazy idea. He tried grabbing the flames with his psychokinesis, and found that he could. Before Bowser could react, he thrust his arm forward, slamming the flames into Bowser's stomach.

"Grah!" Bowser yelled. "Hit me once, and you're lucky. Hit me twice, and ALL BETS ARE OFF!" Bowser roared, dashing forward with another punch.

Silver, having gotten somewhat of an idea for his attacks, moved out of the way. But that didn't stop Bowser's next tactic – He disappeared from sight, as though he was never there. Silver looked around frantically, before noticing a shadow falling upon him. He flew out of the way just in time, as Bowser slammed into the ground, producing a giant shockwave that crumbled the walls of their arena and removed all the snow from the ground in a hundred-foot radius.

"Face it, punk!" Bowser yelled. "I'm faster, stronger, and tougher than you'll ever be! What do you have? Fancy flying? HA! I've fought four flyers at once! Face it, buddy. You're screwed."

Silver thought Bowser might be right – He'd gotten a few hits in, but he'd exhausted most of his options for attack. He got the feeling that Bowser hadn't. And he turned out to be right, because Bowser chose that moment to shoot a gigantic purple fireball at him, that he barely managed to dodge as it screamed by him with the sound of a jet engine. He tried to grab it, but to no avail – And Bowser was charging up ANOTHER one.

Silver dodged the purple fireballs, looking around for something he could use as a weapon. He saw the rubble of their little arena, and he got an idea – But unless something distracted Bowser, he wouldn't have time to pull it off.

He got his distraction – With a huge boom and a shockwave, an orange blur trailed by plant life blasted straight into Bowser, knocking the giant Koopa down and ricocheting off into nearby trees.

Silver was lucky to come to his senses before Bowser – he started lifting every piece of rubble he could, forming it into a gigantic ball of trash. He levitated it above Bowser, just as the Koopa King came to.

"What the-"

"METEOR SMASH!" Silver yelled, bringing tons of material down on Bowser all at once. Just to be sure, he kept pushing it into the ground for several seconds, multiplying the force it would've had tenfold. He immediately rushed to the trees where Daisy had crashed, and was relieved to find her uninjured – But still unconscious. He levitated her, and ran off back to town. Sonic wasn't here… But, maybe, he could find someone who knew where he was.