Chapter Ten: Fight the Darkness
Knuckles was now in the city, gliding his way towards the gas station. He then landed in place and looked around.
"My God! What has happened here?" Knuckles gasped.
Suddenly, a motorcycle arrived on the scene, and the Tornado landed just next to Knuckles. It was Shadow and Tails. Shadow got off the motorcycle, and Tails got out of the Tornado.
"Tails, Shadow? What are you guys doing here?" Knuckles asked.
"Same reason, possibly the same as you." Shadow replied.
"What he said." Tails added.
"Your women also looking after Amy?" Knuckles asked.
"Yes." Shadow responded.
"And yes." Tails added.
"Right, we'll save the friendly chat later. Right now, we gotta find out what's going on here." Knuckles told them.
After that, the tree went on to investigate the situation. When they got closer to the scene, they saw a lot of blood on the ground, and buildings. The gas station was still burning, and glass on the windows were smashed.
"Oh my God!" Knuckles exclaimed.
"The city is a wreck!" Shadow stated.
"But, how did this even happen?!" Tails wondered.
Suddenly, they all heard an evil laugh coming towards them. This startled the three of them, and turned to where the source of the voice was coming from.
All they saw was a black aura walking through the flames. It was moving closer and closer, and it was now visible. It was Sonic, who was in his Super Dark Form. The three gasped in surprise.
"Sonic?!" Tails exclaimed.
"No, Tails. Super Dark Sonic, is the name. But Sonic works too." Sonic replied with a smile so evil.
"This isn't right! Sonic is normally angry when he changes into this!" Knuckles wondered.
"But he's surprisingly calm." Shadow added.
"Doesn't this power feel great?! I've never felt so alive in all my life! Scourge was right the whole time. This is my true destiny, ultimate power, and world domination!" Sonic stated.
"What's happened to him?! This isn't the Sonic I know! Something's changed him!" Tails stated with fear.
"Guys, I think this may have something to do with that laser Scourge shot at him. It's not only changed Sonic physically, but also personally." Knuckles mentioned.
"That'll be why Sonic hurt Amy. It's definitely not his mind in there, because Sonic would never hurt her." Shadow added.
"And there's dead people! Sonic, did you kill all of these people?!" Tails whimpered. Sonic laughs evilly.
"Maybe I have, and maybe I haven't. It doesn't matter to me." Sonic stated.
"How could you?! Guys, this definitely isn't Sonic! Sonic is meant to save people, not kill them!" Tails sheds a sad tear.
"That laser has taken over his mind." Knuckles answered.
"Sonic! I know this isn't you! Snap out of it! Either snap out of it, or we will fight the memories back into that skull of yours!" Shadow threatened. Sonic chuckles.
"My pleasure!" Sonic responded.
"Shadow, we can't! That's still Sonic!" Tails sobbed.
Knuckles placed a hand on Tails' shoulder.
"Tails, it might be Sonic's body, but that's not his mind, heart, or soul. If we don't stop and fight him now, he'll kill everyone else!" Knuckles told him.
"Tails, we promise we won't hurt him too hard, if he does manage to regain his memory. We have no choice at this moment." Shadow added.
Tails wiped his sad tears away, and turned into an angry frown.
"Right! Get ready, you son of a bitch! Whoever you are, you're not Sonic! I'm not gonna back down from you, not without a fight!" Tails stated.
"That's the spirit, Tails!" Knuckles encouraged.
"Now, get ready, you fucking son of a bitch!" Shadow yelled.
"And about fucking time, Cunts!" Sonic retorted.
After that, they all charged towards Sonic, throwing punches and kicks towards Sonic, which Sonic dodges all of them.
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(Shadow singing)
You've hidden a lot inside
Told yourself that everything that's broke matters
(Knuckles singing)
Do not run away so fast this time
Know yourself, no matter what this takes, you'll see the answer
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(Tails, Knuckles and Shadow singing, Tails improvising)
When you were so long gone inside
Stand now, and fight today
(Do you know how you want this to be yet?)
We'll never fall this time
With these choices in your life you have made
How would you be remembered?
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The four of them jump back, and look on towards one another.
"Man, he's tough!" Knuckles thought.
"It's like fighting against Super Sonic!" Tails added.
"Well, there are very similar. Just this version is deadly." Shadow stated.
"Well, this is very interesting." Sonic replied with an evil smile.
After that, the fight continues.
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(Tails singing)
Don't let this become the way you'll go out, Not this time
Don't let it push you at the point of breaking down
You decide when you have done enough
(Shadow singing, Tails improvising)
Give a lot more on the way (On the way)
(Knuckles singing)
Do not let your choices that you've made last forever
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(Tails, Knuckles and Shadow singing, Tails improvising)
When you were so long gone inside
Stand now, and fight today
(Do you know how you want this to be yet?)
We'll never fall this time
With these choices in your life you have made
How would you be remembered?
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Sonic knocked everyone back with an energy attack. They all hit their back against a brick wall, and groan in pain. Shadow and Knuckles slowly stand up, while Tails was still laying on the ground. Knuckles helps Tails to his feet.
"Tails, are you alright?" Knuckles asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine!" Tails replied.
"Guys, watch out!" Shadow warned.
All three of them look towards Sonic, and saw that he was charging up a huge purple energy ball. The three gasped in fear.
"Fools! Did you weaklings really think you were strong enough to defeat me?! Well, I'm tired of messing around! Time to finish you off, once and for all!" Sonic laughs.
Sonic throws it towards them, and it slowly goes towards them.
"No, Sonic, stop!" Shadow yelled.
Shadow then moved towards the ball, and placed both hands on it, trying to stop it. Shadow struggles to hold it back.
"Shadow! Hang in there!" Knuckles then runs towards the ball, and helps to hold the ball back.
"I'll help too!" Tails then ran towards the ball to hold it back.
"Sonic, please stop! This isn't you! You have to fight it!" Knuckles pleaded.
"Come on, Blue! You're better than this! Snap the fuck out of this!" Shadow added.
"We need you back, Sonic! You're my brother, and I love you! Fight it, Sonic! I want my brother back!" Tails stated, as tears fell from his eyes.
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(Tails, Knuckles and Shadow singing, Tails improvising)
When you were so long gone inside
Stand now, and fight today
(Do you know how you want this to be yet?)
We'll never fall this time
With these choices in your life you have made
How would you be remembered?
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(Tails singing)
How would you be remembered?!
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After that, Sonic's evil smile turned into a shocked frown.
"What the fuck is going on?!" Sonic thought.
After that, the ball all of a sudden flew into the air. The ball flew away, and it hit an airship. Sonic saw the airship, and it looked familiar to him.
Sonic then turns to face Tails, Knuckles and Shadow. He changed from a shocked look, to an evil smile.
"Well, you guys are a lot tougher than I thought!" Sonic stated.
"Huh?!" Shadow wondered.
"But, what's he talking about? We didn't do anything." Tails thought.
"I have no idea." Knuckles replied.
This was very unusual. Sonic's energy ball failed to destroy them, but nobody did a thing to stop it. So the question on everyone's mind is why did this happen? Did they really stop it, or is Sonic not as possessed as they thought he was? Little did they know during the whole fight, Scourge was in the shadows watching.