Unexpected family in the realm of chaos
Chapter 12, future shock
A/N
Silhouette: Hiya everyone... Guess What!
Shadow: you've given up your coffee addiction?
Silhouette: ...for today, yes.
Shadow: and what's so important about today?
Silhouette: it's June 19th... Sound familiar?
Shadow: ...no.
Silhouette: okay hint one: *inhales deeply* *sings* HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU...
Shadow: O_O
Silhouette: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! ...
Shadow: Umm
Silhouette: AND MANY MORE!
Shadow: *facepalm* please tell me you didn't plan a party.
Silhouette: no, of course not *laughs nervously*
Shadow: *glares*
Silhouette: I didn't plan it. I got you this though! *hands him the script*
Shadow: now before something else happens... ON WITH THE STORY!
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(Setting 200 years in the future. AKA Silver's world)
Defeat, Eerie, Gloomy, Bleak, Dreary, and Hopelessness blew through the harsh cold wind through the desolated city. No one was running around or playing because the city was practically deserted.
Where warnings are a myth, a place labeled 'safe zone' is legend, and 'peace' seemed to scoffed at the people who dared to have wishful thinking, and is something that is long forgotten.
As a dark furred creature moved stealthily through this harsh environment, and braved these desolated streets, cautiously avoided the shadows at all costs, it's was no help that the simple presence of his demise rang through the dark, eerie, hopeless day, mocking him for even attempting to help those headed straight for their death. he also hid out of the sights of the Black Arms aliens, knowing that they would be his demise, but since none were on the street right now, he pulled aside leaning against the remains of what was before a family hover van That hadn't moved since the dread of simply living was established in stone so long ago.
The Black and Grey Hedgehog activated his interchange impulsive implement (3I) on his wrist (his wrist phone/communicator thingy) pulling the ear price out and putting it in his ear. Crevice spoke softly into the receiver adjusting the volume to hear if anything was coming. "Anything?"
"Not yet." Shadow's voice answered over his ear piece. Being the two bravest, and the only ones who could fool the aliens without even really trying, the two brothers kept the Black aliens away from the secret hiding places they had made for the few survivors in the world, caring for them by bringing them their basic needs, equipment for self-defense, and communicating. "Omega?" Shadow asked his friend back at his headquarters.
"Negative, Comrade Shadow." E-123 reported through the ear piece.
Crevice sighed somewhat relieved at the moment, breathing rather heavily, but still worried, he just finished bringing food to a shelter, and escaping from a band of Black Alien Creatures. "look up." Shadow said calmly through the 3I. Crevice's breathing became deep and slow as he looked down the street both ways like he thought Shadow had instructed him to, but It looked like it usually did, dark, windy, empty with the eerie Flickering of the light from every other street light.
"Up. Up." Shadow told him. Crevice blocked the light from the street light out with his hand as he looked at the top of the building at his Brother.
Shadow waved down at him. "How's it look from up there?" Crevice asked waving back. Even though Shadow was the most serious of the both of them he still knew when the stress level in others (his brother mainly) is becoming unbearable, and usually tries to calm him down so they don't get captured.
"you look very tiny." Shadow kidded closing one eye and pretending to hold Crevice between his fingers.
"Hilarious." Crevice scoffed rolling his eyes. not really in the mood for kidding around, which for some reason was the only time Shadow actually did something worth laughing at, he focused on what was at stake in his current predicament "I was talking about our position with the aliens."
Shadow slammed his two fingers together that 'held' his brother "Killjoy." He mumbled as he looked around to the other roof tops. "Some are on the roofs, but they usually don't stay up here very long. Others are coming down the highway, and on the smaller roads." he reported looking towards the center of town "and there are some headed your way from the east." he alerted him looking at five aliens prowling the streets below.
Crevice glanced over in the direction they were coming from then ran into an alley pulling a black handkerchief over his snout, and zipping up his black jacket. "I still don't get it why you want me to weir this stuff my fur is darker than yours." Crevice moaned. Just to get silenced by Shadow who disappeared from his spot on the roof.
Crevice peered through the dark alley at the passing aliens screwing his eyes shut as one was looking in his alley. he held his breath. He and Shadow were the only ones able to go throughout the planet and not be caught by the aliens due to their own Black Arms DNA. They just pass by thinking that he was part of their group.
When he no longer saw them he pulled the handkerchief off his face quietly gasping for air.
"You're the only Ultimate Life Form I know who's claustrophobic." Shadow said through the ear piece.
"I'm not Claustrophobic. I'm still in the alley." Crevice argued crossing his arms over his chest.
"WHAT HAPPENED!" Someone exclaimed out on the streets.
Crevice cringed at the loud voice "who was that?" Shadow asked.
"Sounded like..." Crevice said peeking out into the streets to see Silver and Blaze being charged by the Black Aliens. "Tell ya later." Crevice said shoving the ear piece back in the watch.
"DRANA! KAD DRAS!" The Aliens shouted crashing his fists into the ground where Silver and Blaze were seconds before.
"NOT TODAY!" Crevice announced kicking the alien back landing in front of the two unaware Mobines.
"Crevice." The alien growled pushing himself back up as two other aliens circled them. "Black Doom is looking for you." He growled in the alien language leaving Silver and Blaze to exchange glances full of confusion, but Crevice understood every word as the aliens tackled them.
Slowing down time Crevice grabbed Silver and Blaze's wrists running through the streets and hiding in an alley out of sight. sitting in total silence as the Black Creatures started yelling at each other and going back to retrace their steps and continue with their patrol.
"What's going on?" Silver whispered when he thought the aliens were out of hearing range.
Blaze froze still sitting staring at the wall on the other side of the alley they were in as Crevice and Silver stood up.
"Patrol." Crevice simply responded. Peaking out of the alley to see if the area was clear. He unzipped his jacket and gave it to the white hedgehog, Glancing back at the two he noticed the terrified look on Blaze's face. "What's wrong, Blaze?" he whispered.
Blaze hesitantly lifted her hand pointing at the red eyes staring her down in the shadows on the other wall of the alley.
Crevice looked and rolled his eyes. Face palming.
"So that's why you hung up." Shadow's voice said as his red eyes shifted over to his annoyed brother.
"Shadow!" Blaze exclaimed mad that she got scared by him.
"sshhhhh." Shadow ordered scrambling over to the other wall putting his arm around the purple cat covering her mouth as he peered out the alley.
Blaze mumbled into his hand trying to pull it away.
"What happened here?" Silver asked quietly turning to Crevice.
Crevice studied Silver look of concern and confusion. While Shadow told him "the same thing that's been going on for 200 years."
"What?" Blaze mumbled into Shadow's hand looking at the Ultimate Life Form confused.
Silver shared Blaze's confusion "we just came from 200 years in the past, and it looked better than Mobius ever has." He tried making sense of the world he was looking at.
"What was happening in that Time aria?" Crevice asked seeing if he could understand his friends confusion.
Silver was about to explain when Shadow informed them that the area they were in wasn't safe enough to discussing life altering things, and lead them out and into the streets away from the aliens patrol which he had memorized to the point where forgetting it was an impossibility. he carefully lead them out of the city and to a broken down warehouse that was once used for Scourge's base a long time ago.
Turning over the broken door, revealing a secret door leading to an underground headquarters, punching in the password and other specific information the doors hissed open and the four friends entered.
Shadow and Crevice led Silver and Blaze into the passage making sure the doors were hidden again behind them.
The first person recognized was a black and yellow, very first Metal Sonic ever made called Shard. The next one took a little longer, but Silver recognized the black painted E-123 robot friend, and a green fox with the most chilled attitude of anyone, and his feet propped up on the wall as he laid back in a swivel chair. Having the personality trades of his Great-Great-Great-Grandfather Scourge, thus inheriting his black leather jacket, but unlike his family's history, Virulent, acted more like Sonic with the heroic attitude.
"where is everyone?" Crevice asked being the last one to enter the room, and thus being the last to notice that the room was missing people compared to the last time he was in it.
"Rogue is out finding another place for them to spread out. She says 'it's to crowded in here'." Virulent answered tossing a ball up against the wall and catching it repetitively
"and you let her leave?" Shadow asked in an almost father like tone crossing his arms over his chest.
"Hey. If you want to step between 'a Rogue' and her fists of furry, go right ahead, but I'd like to keep my head attached to the rest of my body if it's all the same to you." Virulent said swiveling around in his chair leaning back into it farther.
Shadow grasped the handles of the chair setting it up and catching Virulent's attention in an aggressive way. "As a matter of fact it is different to me. She's walking straight into Black Doom's grasp, and you're sitting here throwing a ball against the wall like it's no big deal." Shadow shouted
Virulent slumped down in his chair crossing his arms over his chest glaring at Shadow.
The Ultimate life form then headed for the door. "Where are you going?" Crevice asked just to bother his little brother.
"I'm going to get Rouge back." Shadow snapped pulling a black handkerchief off the shelf and tying it around his snout.
"It's Rogue!" Crevice corrected his brother's usual mistake of confusing Rouge with her granddaughter.
"That's what I said." Shadow yelled back before closing the doors rather loudly.
Crevice chuckled. Turning back to Silver and Blaze "alright now what was happening before you left?"
Silver thought through the past few days "umm... Nothing major was happening. Shadow was working on a mission. Knuckles was building his house. Cream and Cheese were kidnapped by Metal Sonic, but Sonic saved them, and ..."
"YOU MET SONIC!" Virulent exclaimed with a huge smile on his face jumping to his feet in excitement. "Can I go meet him?"
"Time traveling is dangerous. It would be best if you didn't." Crevice said
Virulent slumped back down in the chair as Crevice said "I think I know what time aria you were in. not to distant from then was what turned Mobius like the way it is now."
The door opened and a red bat flew into the room followed by a panicked Shadow. Both collapsed on the ground. "That was fun." Rogue said panting and laughing at the same time.
"Sure." Shadow commented sarcastically "If getting mauled by aliens is on your bucket list. Not to alarm everyone. We out ran them eighty miles away from here So they're not following us." He said watching the red bat lean up against the wall holding her head. "What were you going to say?" Shadow asked Silver.
Blaze explained more about the battle Sonic had told her about and what she had done There, and from that information, Crevice pinpointed the exact time aria they had come from.
"you guys weren't far away from where it all ended and started. you just explained what was the last kidnapping of Cream and Cheese. Later on from there there's a battle between Sonic, and Metal Sonic, where the Mobius you saw was lost, forever." Crevice told him
"What'd ya do that for, Jack?" Virulent asked spinning around in his chair and glaring at Shard.
Shard shrugged "I don't know. I think he meant the other Metal Sonic." The robot guessed.
Silver looked around at the friends, he then peaked in the room of other Mobine citizens hiding underground "Where's Silhouette." he asked not seeing the First Ultimate life form anywhere.
the room got quiet and eyes looked to Silver. "What?" He asked innocently
"She's dead." Crevice told him somewhat sad "she's been that way for 200 years."
Silver's heart sunk. He leaned against the wall "what happened?" He asked. Crevice acted as if he didn't want to bring up that subject again, but Silver protested. Crevice gave in telling him that she had given her life in battle to save Mobius from the reign of Metal Sonic and Issai. "She couldn't stand the thought of us... Mainly you, living under the threat, and fear of the 'Cookie-brain-tin-headed-jerk' as she so put it in her last words to us."
To where Silver demanded to know "Who is, or was Issai?"
Crevice explained the late made Ultimate life form by Metal and Eggman to Silver. Then proceeded to tell him what had happened that time "Metal and Sonic were fighting in a full worldwide war. Among them where these two Ultimate life forms fighting each other. Issai was holding something against Silhouette and she went a little extreme on her attacks to which he tried to Match and the last blow that was dished out was the one that caused them to vanish in an explosion taking Sonic and Metal Sonic with them it also released Perfect Chaos and it ended up wiping out most the cities, once knuckles trapped it back in the Master Emerald. The four of them were gone and a Scourge tried to take over, but Black Doom conquered him and is... Well, you saw."
Silver clenched his fist tighter as Crevice finished the update "NO!" Silver exclaimed slamming his fist into the wall hanging his head scarring the younger Bat, and Fox Mobines in the room.
"Silver I'm sure she knew what she was doing." Blaze tried to comfort him, but being slightly taken back herself from his outburst she kept her distance and stood next to Crevice.
"Was there something wrong with her that we didn't know about." Crevice silently asked Blaze Observing Silver's deep breathing to calm himself down.
"Wrong? No." Blaze answered "they were 'getting to know each other'." She told him.
Crevice thought it over as realization dawned on him "you mean... Oh. eek. No wonder. It does explain a couple of things though."
"I'm going back!" Silver said turning to face his friends. "It can't end like this. I have to do something about it."
Blaze agreed with him inwardly, but showed great denial as the eerie feeling of desperation in the world seeped through her mind. She tried to say something but swallowed it for some odd reason. Suddenly losing her balance She fell, but Crevice caught her before she hit the ground.
"Black Doom must know she's here." Shadow said pushing a swivel hover chair over to them. "being the only one left who's still in the birth line to rule, Doom's probably looking to destroy her as well." he finished his thought as she sat down.
"Ooo royalty!" Rogue commented propping her chin up on her knees as she brought them to her chest.
"Well then if I'm a threat to safety I'll go back too." Blaze offered not really offended by the thought. First of all, She didn't want Mobius like this anyway, but the idea that she could make it worse was terrifying.
Silver pulled out a Super warp ring and was about to activate it when Shadow stopped him by jerking it away. "these aren't safe anymore."
"never have been." Virulent scoffed still mad at Shadow.
Shadow ignored him though "instead of it transporting you somewhere it transports Doom to us. Believe me, we've tried." He warned him glaring back at Virulent. Who just stuck his tongue out.
"here." Crevice said remembering something and disappearing into the next room for a few seconds returning with a rock. "Mammoth Mogul let me have this. He said he taught you how to time travel with it." He said handing the Time stone to Silver.
Silver grinned remembering Mammoth Mogul and the lessons he taught him. "Thanks." he said putting it on the ground. Silver focused on the Sol Emeralds energy transforming into Super Silver gaining gasps of amazement from the youngest Mobines in the room.
"Sweet! I didn't know people could actually do that!" Virulent exclaimed sitting up in his chair fascinated by the glowing Gold Hedgehog. Silver shot a "seriously?" Look back at Shadow to which he explained that this world was not safe enough for someone to use the power of Chaos like they use to before Sonic died.
Silver slowly faced the time stone again saying "oooh" he crossed his legs sitting on the floor in a meditating like posture with his eyes closed. A blue aura appeared around him as he focused his Mind Element to the Time stone. "Chaos ...Control!" He shouted creating a purple portal in the room.
Blaze stood up nodding for him to go ahead, and Silver flew through the portal.
"Feel any better?" Crevice asked as Blaze faced him.
"I'm fine. Come tell us if it doesn't change." She said as she approached the portal.
"Will do." Crevice assured her giving her a thumbs up. And she jumped through. It closing behind her
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"Mighty?" The commander said shocked to see the former detective in the cross-examination room.
The armadillo sat quietly in the seat at the table, his hands cuffed on the table with the bright light above his head blocking everything else around him out of sight.
"There's been several cases of retired G.U.N agents turning bad. I would have never guessed that you would have been one of them." Shadow said
"Me either." Mighty whispered.
"What were you doing?" Shadow asked
Mighty remained silent breathing very deeply, and hesitantly responded "What I was told to do."
"who told you to do it?" The Commander demanded "and why?"
"I-" The former Chaotix member started, but stopped thinking what he was going to say through and rephrasing his words "I can't say why, and I don't know who."
Shadow stepped in the light "you don't know who you were working for?" He asked
Mighty looked up at the Ultimate Life Form "we- uh... Kinda- no" he stuttered looking frightened shaking his head.
Shadow didn't know a lot about the Chaotix, but he thought through what he did. "I know the Chaotix have a tendency to not pry into personal matters if there is a good paying costumer. So if your bringing that into this situation, What was he paying you?"
"Assurance of people's lives." Mighty admitted.
"Who's?" Shadow asked
"I can't say." Mighty gritted through his teeth
Shadow stared at the frustrated Armadillo noticing that his eyes kept shifting to look behind him "Mighty?" Shadow called him "is there anything else you would like to add?"
Mighty leaned froward "I would tell you everything if I could."
"I'll talk to the Commander, and see what I can do." Shadow said walking out of the light.
Abraham was about to say something when Shadow signaled for him not to speak. The Ultimate Life Form grabbed a permanent Marker and paper. Walking back in the light he motioned for Mighty to keep quiet.
"Are you bugged?" Shadow wrote on the paper and slid it across the table. Mighty read it silently to himself. Shadow handed him the marker, he wrote "YES!" And slid the paper back to Shadow.
"Where?" Shadow wrote then handed the paper and maker back to the Armadillo. Mighty wrote a longish message, and slid it back to The Ultimate Hedgehog. "If I was to tell you, and get it removed, the Chaotix would suffer the consequences." Shadow Read quietly to himself
"So it's either you, or them?" Shadow wrote. Mighty circled the "YES!" Shadow motioned for him to wait. then he stepped out of the light to see The Commander and another Agent discussing something about a document. Shadow wrote on the back of the paper as he approached them.
Metal Sonic stood behind Shadow as he held up the note on the paper explaining what he had learned excluding the part about the Chaotix.
Abraham slipped the security photo they were discussing over the paper he held. Shadow rubbed his finger over the same Green Smudge that he found in the other two photos.
Metal Sonic scanned the photo in his Memory, and matched it with the Mobine it belonged to.
"Got it?" The commander asked Shadow as Metal backed up to where he was standing before.
Shadow nodded once and turned back to Mighty. Entering the light he said "We've decided to keep you in G.U.N. For-"
"No." Mighty interrupted shaking his head violently. "Please! You have to let me go." He pleaded.
Shadow froze realizing that he might be hearing the same words from his sister soon, and even now someone else, probably not even involved, or aware of it, is living under a threat for every recruited Agent still alive.
"Shadow!" The Commander yelled calling him back into existence
"Sir?" Shadow responded remaining calm, but noticing the look of terror in Mighty had increased.
"I said release him." Abraham repeated tossing him the keys
Shadow caught them, Mighty stood up from the chair, and Shadow unlocked his hand cuffs.
Tossing the keys back to Abraham, Shadow motioned for Metal Sonic to follow, and he lead the two just outside of G.U.N. Headquarters.
"You alright?" Mighty asked noticing the hesitation in him.
"I'm fine." Shadow frowned. Not that he wasn't okay he just didn't want to tell who ever was listening on the bug to hear him, and think that they could get him too.
Mighty nodded knowing that Shadow, even as himself would not admit to being hurt, much less to a bugged hostage.
Signing himself out and the gate slid open "Do you trust yourself?" He asked as they stood at the gate looking into the forest beyond.
Mighty spotted a dark trench coat covering his threatener in the trees. Calmly averting his glare he replied "I have to."
Shadow sighed turning his head away like he was fighting a losing battle. He whispered in Mighty's ear and quiet enough to not be heard by anyone else "is there anywhere I can take you where you'll be safe."
Mighty shook his head. Whispering back "I have to report to him. I'm expecting it to end there."
Shadow nodded understandingly. Metal gazed into the forest at the dark outlined creature smiling inwardly to himself as he recognized him. Then turned his attention back towards Shadow.
After Shadow was confident there was absolutely no way in avoiding the situation he said "bye". Then turned to Metal Sonic, and they Chaos Controlled to Eggman's base.
Once they were gone Mighty looked back at his darkened threatener walking away leaving behind a small remote like device.
He picked up the device giving a meeting place's location, with a message attached to it. He read it and headed in that direction.
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Trees, bushes, and log blurred pat Silhouette as she hovered through the woods, creating a breeze behind her. Moving into a more open space she closed her eyes for a second and felt the wind, but was hit unexpectedly, and tumbled over several times before landing on top of him.
"SILVER! YOU'RE BACK!" She squealed hugging him then helped him up as Blaze followed the tumbling duo.
Silver rubbed the back of his head kinda embarrassed that he said he was leaving but then came straight back, and that the impact of the landing hurt. "I can explain, but I need to tell the others too." He said
"Okay!" Silhouette said holding his hand, the three of them went back to Angel island.
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Shadow and Metal Sonic reappeared in Eggman's base next to Loki.
"Welcome back." The Asgardian said kicking a chair over to them.
Shadow glared at him "are you going to threaten me? Because that's not going to work out for everyone." He asked charging a Chaos Spear in his hand.
"Should I inform Dr. Eggman that your working for G.U.N.?" Metal asked
"I've already told him several times. If you want to, go for it. Maybe he'll believe you." Shadow sighed disarming himself and turning to leave.
"Don't forget your motorcycle." Metal reminded Shadow as the door slid behind him.
Loki stared at Metal Sonic. "The animals drive?" He asked unbelievingly. "Just give me a few weeks. It might click in my mind. ...no. I can't see it." Loki said.
Metal just walked out leaving Loki alone with his simply complicated mind.
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"Missed us that much huh?" Sonic teased as Silver, and Blaze came back up to them with Silhouette.
"there... I... Sort of." Silver stuttered searching for the right way to word it.
Blaze rolled her eyes. patting Silver on the back, telling them that they came back for the sake of the future in being reestablished before it's too late, and some of the majorly important stuff.
"I see." Sonic frowned.
Knuckles was leaning against the side of the house listening "do you know how it happened?" He asked wiping his hands off with a towel, as he joined them.
"Kinda." Silver said "but I've gotta make sure that doesn't happen, and there's no real reason for you to worry...yet." he said realizing he still had the time stone in his hand, and he buried it in his quills.
Sonic smiled "well if there's anything we can help with, let us know!"
Silver nodded "we'll do that..." He said looking over at Blaze when an idea popes in his head "Actually..." He smiled at her. Blaze read his grin as a warning sign
"What are you thinking of?" She asked cautiously
Silver patted the Lavender cat on her back, "you can watch Blaze." He told Sonic, as he remembered her collection of rings the blue blur had given her, and the threat that her life is under that they figured out when they where in their time.
a Smile spread across Sonic's face when Silver led the stuttering cat over to him. "Sure, but...why?" he asked friendly, and in a way that the knew he wasn't offended.
"You can explain why, Blaze. Sil and I, Will tell Shadow. See ya!" Silver said turning to walk away when Sonic caught his arm.
"Hey, there's some stuff under that tree for you two. Have fun." He pointed to a large tree, then waved bye as he, Blaze, and Knuckles helped the hard-working Orange Fox install the solar panels and other things in the house.
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A/N
Shadow: ha ha ha. Oops forgot my bike that I left that morning at unlabeled site.
Silhouette: yep.
Shadow: I'm also in the future,... Running for my life,... Hiding in alleys,... And babysitting... Someone's kids,... While occasionally wiping out Black Arms creatures.
Silhouette: yeah.
Shadow: and Abraham Towers... The Commander of G.U.N... The stubborn Block head that is a workaholic, and is determined on holding me responsible for the ARK, is asking me to bring his enemy into G.U.N. Headquarters to cross-examine someone as nice as Mighty.
Silhouette: ...not my division. You're the one who gave us the idea.
Shadow: and ... Wait a sec... Who's us?
Silhouette: did I say us?
Shadow: never mind. Thanks for the ever so... unpredictable, present. What's the intentions for your friends in the next chapter?
Silhouette: Well... I'll be connecting the plot line to this chapter.
Shadow: I see. That's a good start, but I was talking about the thriller questions like... What is Sonic hiding under the tree, that he gives you and the Kid, and why do you bring it to my house?!
Silhouette: ooh nice one! How about... Will the future be forever corrupt, or will Silver be successful in saving his world once again?
Shadow: that probably isn't going to get answered until future chapters, and if Crevice keeps put in the future.
Silhouette: true *suspicious smile* he might do it, or... I'll have to keep you guessing on that one. You'll find out!
Shadow: ugh. Great.
Silhouette: yes. Yes it will be... Hopefully. One more. Will Shadow ever be able to recuperate after tonight's party?!
Shadow: O_O ...I'll start the first game called hide-and-seek if you can find me we'll have the party, if not...
Silhouette: you won't help with the next Authors note.
Shadow: that I can live with. Well until next time!
Both: See ya!
Shadow: *runs and hides*
I DONT OWN SONIC OR THE AVENGERS!