The next chapter. We're almost at the end. ^.^ Since we're not allowed to have song fics on Fanfiction, I'm putting up the version with the lyrics on DA. I don't know how to provide the link though since it keeps killing it everytime I try to add it so if anyone can tell me, I'll be grateful. Also, Happy Birthday to DRKSuperSonic. Hope it's great. Please Review. I do not own anything except the plot and OC characters.
Chapter 10: Hating Everything About You
"Fire." ordered the two-tailed fox.
The Blue Typhoon fired more missiles and lasers at the Metarex base as Metarex and nature creatures poured out to defend it. The inhabitants responded by spreading out and charging forward to defend the ship. Sonic stood at the tip of the ship as he watched the destruction of the base. It was beginning to crumble and fall apart with each wave of attacks. Apparently, it wasn't as fortified as they had expected it to be, yet the Metarex leader hadn't made its appearance.
"Show yourself. Are you going to really let your Metarex fight for you? Come out you coward so I can burn your bloody corpse and ensure your death." thought the hedgehog as he eyes scanned the gathered forces.
Both sides formed into two armies glaring at each other and tensing to strike the other side down. Both sides prepared to launch ahead and begin the battle when a massive being materialized between them.
"It's that Metarex!" shouted Amy.
Rogue stared at the tower figure and commented, "He's huge."
"Sonic the hedgehog. I know what you're planning. You are seriously underestimating my Metarex. If you want a fight, come into the base to have the battle you're seeking." said the Metarex.
Its image flickered away as everyone realized it had only been a hologram of the leader. It was still insdie the battle waiting for the hedgehog to storm the castle. They all muttered to each other surprised at the sudden turnout. The leader of the Metarex was challenging Sonic to a battle instead of standing on the sidelines.
The hedgehog smirked. "Is that a challenge? I accept."
Sonic jumped off the ship and dived towards the ground. The crew rushed to get to their ship to catch him only to see him maneuver in midair into one of the base's windows. This immediately caused an uproar.
The girl hedgehog ran to the landing platform screaming, "Sonic!"
"Stop them. Don't let them near the base or the master." ordered a Metarex as they charged.
Both sides started attacking each other as Cosmo's daughter managed to slip past everyone's notice to follow the hedgehog inside. Sonic burned everything in sight, but still could not find the Metarex leader. There was only scorced metal and burn marks.
"Damn you. Show yourself." muttered the hedgehog as he frantically searched for it.
Suddenly, holograms of the Metarex leader appeared all around him and he threw black flames at all fo them. They dispersed, but more replaced them. The leader seemed to find it fit to remain in the shadows using holograms to mock him.
He looked up to the ceiling knowing there had to be cameras. "Damn it. Come here yourself so I can end you permanently."
"I should be saying the same thing. If only I had let you die all those times, then I wouldn't have to deal with all this pain." Its voice echoed in the halls.
His response: "I should have made sure you died that day. No, I should have killed you the moment I met you. Then I wouldn't have to deal with you."
Sonic felt a strange sensation that he knew that he had felt before and reached out with his own dark power. The reaction was instantaneous. The images surrounding him vanished and the hedgehog grinned at his realization.
"I found you. Now we can end this." He surged forward as the security system activated to stop him.
The Metarex edged toward its master as it clutched the side of its throne gasping for air. Whatever Sonic did must have caused it some invisible injury.
"Master." Freezing Fang laid a comforting hand on its master.
He was surprised to hear only the Metarex's fury. "Damn hedgehog. I'll kill you. I'll rip you to pieces."
"Master. The plan." he attempted to remind it.
The Metarex leader only back handed the Metarex causing it to fly across the room into a door which broke sending chaos emeralds tumbling to the ground. Chaos emeralds that had to be fake from the sheer number that spilled out. He struggled to his feet as the leader went to the panel that controlled the entire place.
"I'll kill you. I'll kill you." It had become the Metarex's mantra.
It typed into the system and Freezing Fang moved in an attempt to stop its master, but stopped when he sensed the murderous intent emitting from it.
"Try to stop me and I'll kill you." That was finally.
The hedgehog dodged all the lasers and tossed black flames at them to devour them. That's when he tumbled forward feeling sharp pains strike his back. Looking at his back, he saw small blades stuck to his fur. He had let his guard down enough to let these small things hurt him. Sonic ripped them out and blood oozed out of his wounds.
"Scum. Can't even fight me face-to-face. How could you betray me?" demanded the hedgehog.
The Metarex leader's responded, "The one who did the betraying was you."
"You're wrong. Before you came along, I never had these feelings. I never had to worry about others. Now here you are destroying it." said Sonic.
"You were my friend. I trusted you . I poured my feelings into you and left me with nothing." thought the leader as it entered more commands.
The hedgehog burnt everything in his way as he thought, "I trusted you. You approached me when others feared me. When others dared not cross my path. Now you're trying to turn me into a monster again."
As one, they thought, "You were my world. A place I could escape to. A person I could confide in. Now you're my enemy. I hate you. I want you to disappear for all the pain you caused. Everything you've done to me has only my hate stronger, but why does some part of me care?"
Sonic felt a small. but srong part of him wanting to confront the Metarex not to destroy it, but to talk to it. Like he had wanted to from the very beginning. When he hadn't been so full of hate and dark energy like now.
"No! They're my enemies. Everyone is my enemy. I don't need anyone." he yelled to himself.
The Metarex experienced the same emotion using the machinery to support itself.
"Sonic's my enemy. I will never forgive him for what he's done." it struggled with itself.
"Mas…" began the Metarex.
Freezing Fan collapsed to the ground as the Metarex leader exuded a black aura and the emeralds that had tumbled in the room grew darker.
"So…nic…" The plant girl crawled across the ground as she tried to reach the hedgehog and saw that his aura got darker.
"What's going on? I feel my strength is leaving me. I never experienced this before." she thought.
All the fighting outside had ceased as everyone had collapsed to the ground. Any who tried to get back only collapsed unconsious from the pain that was being inflicted on them. An invisible force that was attacking everyone both Metarex and animal.
"Tails. What is happening?" asked the girl hedgehog.
"I don't know, but these readings…" started Tails as he typed into the panel.
The boy finished, "This is like what Dark Oak did."
"But it's attacking the Metarex too." spoke Rogue.
The two-tailed fox hesitated before saying, "I just don't know."
"I think it's coming from the base." suggeested the echidna.
"Sonic's in there." spoke Amy.
"Starlight too." said Tails.
The chao glanced at the screen unable to fly off of Cream. "Choo."
"We have to leave this up to them." Still their hearts feared for the worse.
Sonic noticed Starlight on the ground, but chose to ignore her. He wasn't interested in her as long as she stayed out of his way. The Metarex leader was his and no one was going to stand in his way.
"Sonic. Stop." she managed to say.
He didn't even bother to glance her way. "Do you want me to kill you? You won't be able to stop me."
"Don't give in to your emotions. That Metarex is using it against you." spoke Cosmo's daughter.
The hedgehog stepped on her head and crushed it into the ground as she cried out in pain. He conitnued to grind it to the ground oblivious to her screams of pain.
"Shut it. You can't do around acting like you get it. You did the same thing and nearly destroyed us." he spat.
When he lift his foot, the plant girl began, "I would never…"
Sonic cut her off. "Don't lie. I know you've been dealing with them."
Her whole body tensed before she questioned, "How did you know?"
"Does it matter? It shows that you're nothing more than a traitor." shot back the hedgehog.
"At least I don't go around trying to throw my pain at others." She soon regretted her words.
Sonic picked her off the ground and punched her in the stomach. She coughed off blood as he continued his attack. He relentlessly sturck her even though the possibility of killing her was there.
"You know nothing. That person. That person deserves to suffer. They don't get anything. I hate her. If only she died. Why are they making me suffer?" he ranted not realizing the words he was saying.
Once he hesitated, Starlight inquired, "Sonic? Who are you talking about?"
Stopping his fist, Sonic realized he had been talking gibberish. "Who am I talking about?"
He tossed her aside as he clutched his head. Memories he had tried to bury were overwhelming him. The bad and the good. The happy and the painful.
"I have to hurry. If I don't stop that Metarex, then it's over." He rushed off leaving her to lie in her blood.
The Metarex managed to hang over his master who was on the ground clutching its head. "I have to hurry. If I don't stop that hedgehog, then it's over."
The Metarex leader struggled to its feet and moved towards its throne with Freezing Fang struggling after it as the door broke down. They both saw the hedgehog standing in the rubble raditating a hateful, black aura. Suddenly, the two surged forward with their fists pulled back tp punch the other.
The Metarex realized what was going to happen and shouted, "No!"
An ice wall appeared between them, but it didn't last against the force of their strikes and they struck home. Sonic flew out of the room crashing in the opposing wall as the leader crashed into its throne breaking it. Both got up and pulled out their weapons as they came at each other again. Their blades clashed sending dark energy in all directions which was evident by everyone as it leaked out destroying the base from the inside.
"What's happening in there?" demanded Knuckles.
"The energy output increased. It's absorbing more and more of our strength and life. At this rate, we won't make it." responded the two-tailed fox.
"Sonic." thought the girl hedgehog.
"Starlight." thought Tails.
The chaos emeralds glowed brighter, but their light was not reagular gleaming colors. Rather it was a dark shade of their previous glorious color which darkened the room as the two continued to fight. The hedgehog summoned spheres of dark energy and threw them at the Metarex who countered with its own. The blast tore apart the walls of the room, but surprisingly many objects in the room remained unscathed like themselves and the emerals that merely scattered.
"Master…You need to stop…You'll destroy us all." said Freezing Fang
Neither of them paid any mind and continued to clash against each other. The chaos emeralds reacted by releasing more and more dark energy that seemed to strengthen the both of them and their attacks. They skidded across the ground and charged once more with their fists this time. Another ice wall appeared between them, but this time it was pulsing with energy from where they did not know and the punches failed to break it. This allowed them time to take a breather and they stared at each other and their reflection. An echo of a memory got them to put down their fists and the ice wall broke into pieces leaving them exposed to each other.