Chapter 8: Breaking the Locks
This plan is crazy! Knuckles want to attack one of Eggman's bases in Metropolis! But it seems most of Eggman's forces had moved somewhere else for one of his evil schemes. And Knuckles wants to use his strategy, "Operation Big Wave," to take back the city! So now, Saura along with a lot of the resistance members had arrived at Metropolis.
There are a lot of enemies in Metropolis; however, thanks to her wispon, Saura was able to get pass them with ease. Unfortunately, the massive number of enemies had separated her from her group! Which leaves Saura all alone in this hurricane. Just then, she hears a glitch like noise which caused her to hide! Why does that sound so familiar? Saura looks up and sees the masked jackal in the sky, Infinite! "Infinite, activate the Phantom Ruby! Make them wish they'd never been born," she hears a voice say! Infinite suddenly glows red and has it spread out around the city. When the aura contacts Saura, she suddenly gasps and yelps as she falls. As she falls, the wolf sees Infinite turn around until he spots her! Quickly, she uses her grabbling hook and gets to the ground safely and away from the masked jackal. What's going on? Everything is upside-down.
"Stay calm everyone," Saura hears Knuckles say through her communicator! "What you're seeing isn't real," he added. Saura frowns at that. This looks more real than Knuckles thinks.
It seems Saura isn't the only one who thinks this is real. "It's no use! Our troops are scattering in the confusion," one of the soldier's voice shouts through her communicator. There were soon screams and shooting coming from the communicator as well which causes Saura to wince! She needs to get to the others to help! She then hears the glitch noise again! Infinite must have found her because of how loud her communicator was! She gets up to run; but since she wasn't paying attention, Saura triggered a few traps that caused her to lose her ground! Luckily for her, she uses her grabbling hooks to pull herself towards a building. Saura once again hears the glitching sound and it's coming closer! Saura swiftly jumps in to a building along with breaking a window and releasing the hooks back to her. She runs deeper into the building to get away from Infinite. As she continues to run, the glitching noise started to fade.
"This is Eagle Squad! We're caught in enemy crossfire," a voice shouted through Saura's communicator! The wolf needs to get to the others to help and fast!
"Snake Squad here! We're requesting reinforcements," another voice added with panic!
"This is Fox Squad! We can't hold out much more," a different voice adds in!
"Run while you still can."
Saura flinches as she got outside and heard a dark laughter. She needs to hurry and help everyone! Saura then hears the glitching noise again! He found her! Saura panics as she keeps running to get away from Infinite and help the resistance!
"Everyone, fall back," said Silver through Saura's communicator! "We can regroup at HQ to come up with another plan," he added. Saura nods as she gets ready to use her grabbling hook to head back. But then, she sees Infinite behind her! Saura quickly turns around and uses her grabbling hook to get in to another building to avoid the masked jackal!
As Saura gets in to another building, she gets in to a room that have no other doorways, nor windows except for the roof. She could try to get to the roof, but it's so high up! The glitch noise was soon close by! Saura turns and sees Infinite standing there between her and the only doorway that leads to the exit.
Saura freezes in fear. She can't go back the other way since Infinite is blocking her from that path. "Well, we meet again," he says to Saura. Saura shivers and tries to find another escape route, but with no luck…
"Hey rookie, what's going on back there? We're hearing strange noises coming from your side," Knuckles asks through the communicator since he hears the glitch noise as well. Saura didn't respond as she is too busy shaking in fear. Infinite seems to notice Saura's fear and growls a bit. Saura flinches and takes a couple steps back.
"Oh no, that sound means Infinite is near you! Hurry and get out of there rookie," Silver shouts through Saura's communicator. Once she sees the window is the only way out, Saura takes Silver's advice and uses her grabbling hook towards one of the walls of the room and swings towards it. Breaking the security camera there by accident, she uses it to keep her balance and gets ready to make another swing for the wall to climb up.
That is what Infinite can not allow! He quickly flies up to Saura, before she could use her grabbling hook again, and grabs her to the point she can't escape! As he gets back to the ground, he feels the wolf struggling, but he makes sure she can't break free by forcing her to let go of her weapon. The masked jackal can still sense the wolf's fear and growls. That turned out to be a mistake for Saura starts whimpering and shaking more to the point she's like a leaf.
"Rookie, respond! I know you don't like talking, but we need you to now! Please respond," Knuckles pleaded through Saura's communicator. Infinite heard what Knuckles said and looks to Saura in confusion.
"Oh, you've never spoken yet?" Infinite asks the wolf quietly with a dark chuckle. Hearing Saura whimpering again, Infinite growls a bit quietly. He needs to get rid of this pain Saura is planting on to him. How is she causing him pain?! Perhaps, he can scare the resistance through the wolf's communicator. Once he finds the communicator sticking out of Saura's pocket, he pulls it out as he holds the wolf with one arm.
Saura now panics and struggles more to try and break free from the jackal, but she is not getting anywhere close. "Don't worry buddy," Sonic's voice was heard through Saura's communicator! "We'll get you and everyone else out of there," he added. Saura would have smiled when she heard Sonic; but with Infinite still having a hold on her, she's having a hard time smiling right now.
Infinite growls at Saura's communicator, but then chuckles darkly. Still keeping a tight hold on Saura, the jackal covers the wolf's muzzle gently. "That will not be necessary, blue savior," he says to the communicator for he knows it's on for the other side to hear.
Sonic's growl was heard through Saura's communicator. "Infinite, let her go," he says through the communicator.
Infinite smirks underneath his mask. "Your pathetic resistance group will be gone by the time you arrive. As for this one, it's too late to save her," he replies to Sonic through Saura's communicator. "Because-" he tightens his grip on Saura a bit more. "-Saura belongs to me now," he added and finally crushes the communicator. Saura's eyes widen in shock. Infinite knows her name! How?! How did he know? There is no way! The wolf looks to Infinite. She has to know how he knows her name.
Infinite notices Saura staring at her. His smirk widens as he gets out the white crescent moon necklace and shows it to the wolf. "You left a little something after out last encounter in the jungle," he replies to Saura. Without letting her get a chance to grab it, he puts the necklace away.
Saura shivers more to the point fear is now making her see unclearly. Now thrashing, Saura breaks out of Infinite's hold and runs. Once Infinite recovers from the wolf's attack, he growls and blocks her from getting close to the exit near them. The masked jackal caught her with ease by trapping her between the wall and himself as he holds both of Saura's hands up with his one. Infinite removes his mask from his face, so he can look at the wolf. "You can't escape from me Saura," he warns her. Saura shivers while deep breathing. Too scared to find out what happens next, the wolf shuts her eyes tight. The jackal glares at the wolf a bit but stops when he got a whiff of her scent again. There it is; it's that smell again! He gets closer to the wolf and sniffs her with his eyes shut. The alluring smell is still there, but it got stronger when he gets closer to the wolf. Is it possible to get closer to that scent; it appears to be calling out to him…
Saura continues to shiver with her eyes shut and waited for Infinite to finish her off. But instead, she feels something between her lips! She stiffens and opens her eyes out of curiosity. Her eyes widened in shock; Infinite is… kissing her! But why, didn't he want to finish what he was about to do to her in the Mystic Jungle? The jackal continues this action as he drops his mask. The sound of the mask landing on the ground has snapped Infinite out of his daze. The jackal looked shocked as he pulls away from the wolf. He growls while glaring at Saura. "What have you done to me?" he asks in anger.
Saura shivers as a huge blush appear on her muzzle. Hearing Infinite's question, she shakes her head to show she doesn't understand. Infinite growls more at the wolf's silent answer. "Speak," he commands the wolf. Saura shakes her head again as she turns her head away. Infinite snarls as he uses his other clawed hand to grab Saura's chin to make her look at him. "Look at me," he says to the female wolf.
Saura whimpers and shivers as she looks at Infinite. "What did you do to me?" the jackal asks again. Saura gulps as she shuts her eyes tight while shaking. Infinite is starting to lose his patience with this wolf and grips his hold on her more.
But then… "I-I don't know," a soft voice replies. Infinite freezes when he heard it. He loosens his grip a bit on Saura as he looks at her. She spoke to him, something the resistance couldn't do! And her voice… The jackal slowly let's go of her chin but places his hand on her muzzle gently. The wolf's voice makes Infinite feel… Just, who is this wolf?
"Infinite," a voice was heard from Infinite's communicator. "Sonic has been spotted in Metropolis. He had broke one of our prison ships," he announces. Saura stops shaking and looked surprised. Infinite, on the other hand, glares at the news. "No! Shadow has also been spotted and is destroying my ships as well! Annihilate them both," the voice commanded.
Saura hears Infinite growling a bit as he releases her muzzle and one of her wrists. He continues to hold on to one of the wolf's wrists as he gets his mask back on. Saura was then pulled closer to Infinite. "You're not going to be rescued by that little blue savior and his pathetic friends, I'll make sure of it," he threatens her. "Now walk," he commands the wolf as he starts walking. Infinite feels himself dragging Saura and looks to her. Saura shakes her head as she shivers and tries to fight back. Infinite glares at Saura and tugs her closer to him. "I said walk," he commands the wolf again. The jackal watches the wolf shake her head once more. Infinite pulls the wolf towards him more which causes the wolf to fall to the ground. He towers above Saura and makes a dominant-like growl. "You will obey me Saura," he says to the wolf as he leans closer to her. Saura shivers as she whimpers.
They suddenly hear someone break something like a window! "Chaos control," a male voice shouted. Out of nowhere, a black hedgehog with red stripes appeared and kicks Infinite away from Saura. Unaware of the attack, Infinite received the full blow and accidentally releases Saura. The masked jackal was sent flying until he hits a wall.
Saura watches Infinite get hit and then looks to the black hedgehog as she gets up. This guy almost looks like Sonic. "Buddy," she hears a familiar voice shout out! She turns and sees Sonic jumping down from the roof. Once the blue hedgehog lands, he rushes to Saura and the black hedgehog. "It's so good to see you're alright," he says with a smile. Saura smiles to Sonic as tears appeared in her eyes but are quickly wiped off by herself. Sonic pats her shoulder gently and then turns to the black hedgehog. "Great job Shadow," he says to the black hedgehog with a thumbs up.
The black hedgehog, Shadow, humphs as he continues to stare where Infinite is at. "Don't get too excited. Infinite will be back up any minute now. We got the girl and rescued the rest of the captured resistance. Now, let's go," he says to Sonic.
Saura got ready to get her wispon, but realizes she dropped it! She looks around and sees it near the wall where Infinite trapped her earlier. She runs to go get it. By the time she got the lightning wispon, Infinite rose from the ground with red aura around him. Saura yelps a bit as she runs back to Sonic and Shadow. Infinite sees Saura running to the two hedgehogs and snarls. "I said you can't escape from me," he shouts as he spreads the red aura around the area. The moment Saura, Sonic, and Shadow touch the aura, a bunch of robots appeared around the two hedgehogs and several surrounding Saura.
"Damn," Shadow mumbles as he and Sonic start fighting off the robots. Just when they got close to saving the girl, Infinite had to activate the Phantom Ruby.
Saura took out the enemies surrounding her using her wispon. When she starts running to Sonic and Shadow, Infinite uses the Phantom Ruby to create a capture net large enough to grab a mobian and throws it at Saura. Saura sees it and can't get away from it for how huge it is. She shuts her eyes to wait for the harsh capture. The wolf had no idea of the gem in her pocket glowing. Infinite watches with shock as the net passes by Saura. "What?" he says with shock. When Saura didn't feel anything, she opens her eyes and sees the net on the ground and not on her! She looks just as shocked as Infinite was, but the wolf quickly snaps out of it. She runs to Sonic and Shadow to help take out the rest of the enemies with her wispon.
When Sonic sees Saura back with him and Shadow along with taking out the rest of the enemies, he grabs Saura's wrist and pulls her close to him and Shadow. "Shadow, now," he shouts to the black hedgehog!
Shadow nods as he pulls out a yellow colored jewel. "Chaos Control," he shouts! Soon, he, Sonic, and Saura were surrounded by a bright light that had the wolf cover her eyes with her arm.
Infinite notices both hedgehogs and wolf disappeared in a flash of light. He flies down to the spot where they were at to find a trace of them. But, there was nothing there. He growls madly at this. He had her! The jackal was so close, but the blue hedgehog AND the black hedgehog got away with her. He needs to get that female wolf back and has only two days left. Saura's voice started to play through his head. The voice felt soothing to him… Infinite had his clawed hands to fists. "You can't escape from me Saura! I will find you again even if it takes me forever," he says in anger. The jackal soon has red aura around himself as he flies out of the room.
Author's Note:
Hello everyone! Before I start talking about this chapter, I want to thank you all for reading this fanfic. It's slready reached to 1.5K views. It may not sound much, but it does to me. As I mentioned in "A World of Black & White," it makes me happy to see you guys reading it even if there are others who don't like it. ^^;
To the chapter: oh boy... we have more unexpected stuff going on. o-o And would you look at that, Saura had finally spoke! Too bad it had to be brought out by Infinite. I wonder if that little conversation Sonic and Infinte had through the communicator got recorded. Well, that's all I have to say. Thanks for reading! :)