Author's IMPORTANT Note:
Hello everyone! First things first, here is one of the warning chapters I mentioned. Please keep in mind, when you see this: *WARNING STARTS HERE!* This means, you have to be aware that section is for rated M. In this section, there will be blood, gore, and other things related to it. If you can't handle that part, PLEASE do not look at that section or go to the next chapter (once it's up ^^;).
Another thing, I still would like to hear some of your guys' reviews. Please don't be shy. I don't mind taking in any criticism.
Saura's past is... unpleasant. In the BOLD AND ITALICS section, you'll be able to understand what Saura went through and why she doesn't like to speak much. These are flashbacks so this does not relate to Sonic Forces.
Shout outs to:
Bajy - Yup, the gang realized it too late... Well, looks like they need to find out more on what's going on. And whelp captured again. Looks like we'll have to see what happens.
Nicolepokemon7 - Oh! Sorry I never realized that's your DA account. ^^; Thanks for letting me know. :3
Chapter 11: Memories Unfold & the Emotions!
When Saura awoke, she's already exhausted and she doesn't know why… She looks around until she sees a brown wolf with hazel eyes and wears black gloves and shoes and a strange gold medallion around his neck! The moment she saw the brown wolf, she knew she had to get away, but she can't move! It's like her body has a mind of its own! "Uncle Nevil, when can I go home?" she hears herself say. Saura was shocked! Why is she talking?
She stops when she sees the brown wolf, or Nevil, look at her emotionlessly. "Not until you learn to toughen up," he says to her. Suddenly, Saura was attacked by a huge whip. She shouts in pain as she lands on to the ground. "And it's better to keep that voice of yours shut when you're in training," he added. Saura shivers as tears appears in her eyes. Sniffing quietly, Saura slowly gets back up and starts twirling with her… hair-like fur? She knows for sure it's way shorter than it was. "Now, for speaking, you won't get to have any dinner tonight. Go back to your room for a bit. I'll prepare your next training session," he hears the wolf say.
Saura feels herself nod as she hears the wolf leave. She feels herself crying softly so the other wolf wouldn't hear her and walk off. After some time walking, she realizes she's in a different hallway that she never saw before. The area is almost dungeon like and it's starting to scare her a lot… The blond wolf continues to walk down the hallway until she sees a door. It seemed a bit tall, but she can still reach for the handle. Saura reaches her hand out and opens the door. As soon as it moves and she's inside, Saura flinches at the smell. It was disgusting and overpowering! She should turn on the lights, so she can see what it is and get it out quickly.
*WARNING STARTS HERE!*
Saura places her hands on the wall close to the door despite the liquid she suddenly feels. Feeling the switch, Saura flips it up. The blond wolf gasps as she sees her hand somewhat covered in red! She flinches and backs away as she sees the wall with red liquid. Saura turns around to see if the other walls are the same. Fear struck the little wolf when she sees remains of other… mobians! Some of them are on the ground while others are hanging through chains. They were all covered in red! Most of them were even missing some of their parts! A few are missing their eyes, about two appear to be missing their tails, and a handful had huge holes on their chests. As for the rest, they are too covered in the red liquid, it's hard to tell… No, that's not just liquid. It's blood!
Saura slowly backs away and out of the room. She continues to stare at the corpses in the room since the door is wide open with the lights on. Suddenly, Saura bumps into someone. She turns and sees the same brown wolf with hazel eyes staring at her… with no expression. Saura backs away from Nevil. "U-Uncle Nevil, I wanna go h-h-home now. P-p-please," she says to the wolf in a shaky voice.
As soon as Saura tries to move away from Nevil, the brown wolf pins her down to the ground. She shrieks as she tries to get out of Nevil's tight hold, but that didn't happen because of how scared she is. "I'm afraid I can't let you leave now. You've seen too much," he says to the blond wolf. Just then, Nevil pulls out what appears to be a switch knife! "To be honest, all of that training I did for you for the past weeks was just for you to shut up," he then says to Saura. "So, I'll just get straight to the point. The real reason everyone hates you is because of the way you speak," he explains.
Saura's eyes shrunk in shock. "Wh-why?" she asks Nevil. Why is he telling her all of this now? "Wh-why are you doing th-this?" she added.
"Your voice is disgusting," Nevil explains as he glares down at Saura in disgust! "No one likes you for the way your voice is! It makes everyone sick just hearing you. That's why everyone hates you," he added. Saura shivers as more tears appear in her eyes. "And the only way everyone can like you, is for you to get rid of that pathetic voice of yours once and for all," he then says as he brings the knife closer! … and closer to Saura's neck.
"No, please no," Saura begs. Saura suddenly feels something sharp slowly and painfully slide down through her neck. Saura screams in pain as she starts struggling and kicking the brown wolf while grabbing the medallion and yanking it hard off of him. Luckily, Saura manages to kick somewhere painful for the brown wolf since he instantly released her. Without waiting a second, Saura drops the medallion, gets up, and runs while unaware of the blood dripping down from her neck! She must in order to get away from the brown wolf.
Once Saura manages to get outside in the cold night, she starts screaming. "Mommy! Daddy! Help me," she shouts to get her parents' or anyone's attention! Suddenly, someone pins down the blond wolf as it knocks her out.
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Infinite quickly hid Saura in one of the cells in Metropolis with the help of the Phantom Ruby and catches up to Dr. Eggman. However, when he caught up, Eggman warned the masked jackal that he needs some privacy to plan out their counter attack to the resistance. Infinite decided to go check on Saura. Hopefully, the blond wolf will be conscious when he gets there. When he arrives in the cell Saura is in, he sees the wolf starting to stir as he walks in the cell and shuts the door.
Saura finally regains consciousness and opens her eyes. The wolf suddenly feels pain on the side of her head, where Zavok knocked her out. she places her head on the spot, but flinches from the pain. Gently having her hand on the bruise spot on her head, Saura surveys the area until she sees Infinite! Now scared, the wolf quickly gets up and looks around for a way to escape quickly but with no luck. She doesn't even know where she is. She then remembered Infinite is still in the room and looks back at him while backing away.
Infinite notices Saura backing away and growls a bit as he removes his mask. Placing the mask on to the ground, the jackal looks to Saura who is backed up to the wall. "There's no where for you to run Saura," he says to the wolf while walking up to her. He notices Saura's tail is tucked in between her legs and shivering as she looks down, a wolf's sign of fear. He sighs and lifts Saura's head up by having his clawed hand under her chin. He needs to calm Saura down somehow that way she can speak to him. Infinite mentally growls at himself. All he can do is terrorize other mobians; how can he do the opposite? The jackal then remembered the scent he picked up from Saura. That seemed to have calmed him down. Suddenly picking up Saura's scent, Infinite leans down to Saura a bit and sniffs at her. Without thinking, Infinite has his other arm around Saura and gently brings her closer to him. "Why are you so frightened of me Saura?" he asks without thinking.
Saura flinches a bit when she hears Infinite spoke to her. Realizing the gentle attention the jackal is giving her, the wolf slightly stops shaking and has her eyes at the jackal. Saura was soon pulled closer to Infinite until he traps her in a soft embrace. Saura stiffens a bit when she feels the jackal's head on hers. The wolf appears to be confused but sees the jackal doesn't intend to hurt her. She wonders what Infinite is up to.
Infinite suddenly flinches mentally at what he's doing! He's suppose to be someone who causes fear and pain to everyone not follow his instincts! He can't trust his instincts to solve his problems after what happened during the resistance's attempt to perform an all-out-attack. But, the way he's holding the blond wolf is very soothing. In fact, Saura has even stopped shaking a bit. Maybe he could trust his instincts this one time since the wolf is starting to calm down. So, Infinite follows his instincts and slowly nuzzles Saura's head. Now that he thinks about it, the wolf's fur feels soft... This got the jackal to nuzzle the wolf's head a bit more.
Saura feels Infinite nuzzling her which caused her to stop shaking. A blush started to appear on her muzzle. She is very curious on what Infinite is up to, but she is too afraid to speak. How can she since it will only drive everyone away from her.
"And your voice is quite lovely…"
Saura remembered that one sentence Infinite said to her back at Green Hill. Did he mean that or was it a trick to lower her guard? Saura suddenly feels Infinite nuzzling down to the side of her face and then to her shoulder and neck. As soon as she blinks, the wolf was then trapped between the wall and the jackal. Infinite had both clawed hands on the wall close to Saura and appears to be deep breathing. "Whatever it is you are doing, make it stop," she hears Infinite mumble out. Saura shivers a bit. Make what stop? She doesn't even know what she's doing. Saura feels Infinite moving closer to her. Remembering Infinite's words, she tries to push Infinite away to stop him. But when she did that, Infinite grabs Saura's hands and pins them to the wall. Saura then notices Infinite's face is really close to hers. The wolf gulps a bit and starts deep breathing a little. When Infinite closes his eyes, he leans closer and places his lips on to Saura's.
Saura's blush started to increase as she tries to break out of Infinite's hold which proved to be impossible. And as the kiss continues, Saura slowly gives in to it. The jackal pulls away and looks at Saura. The back of his mind is telling Infinite to stop while he can and put an end to this torture the wolf planted on him. But when he sees Saura's eyes are shut and is deep breathing, the jackal smirks. The wolf is no longer shivering and showing fear. And the way he's making Saura blush, it makes him feel... stronger. To test the theory again, Infinite kisses her again with more passion.
Infinite continues the kiss until Saura needed air. He pulls away as he adjusts his hold, so he has one clawed hand holding both the wolf's hands up. That way, his other hand is free to move. While Saura deep breathes, the jackal sniffs her neck and realizes how strong her scent is there! Slowly, Infinite starts kissing her neck. The reaction he received from the wolf surprised him. He hears Saura gasp as she deep breathes. "I-Infinite," he hears a moan.
The jackal freezes. There it is, her voice! Saura spoke to him at last. Not only that, she said his name. The unknown feeling, he felt before, started to rise; and yes, it makes him feel a bit stronger. "Yes Saura, speak to me," he mumbles and then starts kissing the wolf's neck again. As Infinite continues to hear Saura moan, he starts to growl possessively while following his instincts more. And then without thinking, the jackal gently bites the wolf's neck.
Once she felt Infinite biting her neck, Saura's hazy mind now cleared up! She starts struggling again to break free, but she soon feels Infinite hold her head still. She shivers as she stares at the jackal in shock. The wolf then feels Infinite licking her neck for a bit and then stops. "Come now Saura, no one likes the silence for too long," he says to the wolf. Realizing Saura is shivering again, Infinite tenses a bit. It seems like the fear is rising again.
Saura shivers as she takes in what Infinite has done. All of this doesn't make sense at all! She must know why! "Wh-why are you doing this?" she suddenly asks the jackal. Infinite freezes when he hears that question. Saura became slightly concerned when the jackal was silent and not moving a muscle, but that changed when he pins her further to the wall. Saura yelps and shivers more in fear.
Infinite growls. "Since that night at the jungle, your face, smell, and name had never once left me. You would always be there haunting me! And when I see you trembling in fear, it makes me sick, "he answers the wolf. "I refuse to feel it! It makes me weak! And I refuse to be seen as weak," he added with anger! Saura flinches in fear at Infinite's anger. "At first, I thought if I would destroy you along with the resistance, it would get rid of this feeling that you've made me carry," he convinced. Feeling Saura shiver more, the jackal glares at the ground and then back to Saura. "But it only made me feel weaker," he admitted with a grumble.
Saura shows a confused expression as she continues to shiver. "And that's when I realized what I really wanted from you," Infinite continues as his glare dies down a bit. Infinite then moves his clawed hand from Saura's head to her cheek. "I don't want you to die Saura," he says to the wolf gently. "But, I can't let you get in my way of eliminating the resistance and their blue savior," he stated with a small glare. Infinite sees the shocked expression on Saura's face as she shakes her head. "You can't stop me. I finally have a chance to change this pathetic world for the better with the power of the Phantom Ruby," he added. The jackal grips Saura's wrists more causing the wolf to yelp. "And to make sure I succeed, I must make sure you don't get in my way," he says to Saura. "And to make sure you don't get taken from me again," he said once more.
Saura soon feels Infinite's clawed hand move from her cheek to the back of her head. Seeing the jackal move closer, the wolf flinches and tries to back away, but with no luck. Their faces were close as they both started deep breathing. "Kiss me Saura," Infinite commands. Saura shakes her head as she tries to look away. The jackal makes her look a him as he traps the wolf's lips with his. Saura whimpers a bit as she tries to resist. Suddenly, Saura feels something slip into her mouth that made her freeze in shock. Did Infinite- The jackal pulls away while deep breathing. Saura started deep breathing as well while staring at Infinite with shock. Infinite then starts making a possessive growl. "Mine," he mumbles. Saura shivers at Infinite's mumble but was then pulled back into another kiss by him. She tries to resist; but once again, the kiss was too hard to fight back the longer it continues.
Saura feels Infinite pull away as he buries his muzzle on to her shoulder and neck. Saura deep breaths a bit for air as she starts to have these weird emotions rise in her. What is this feeling? Is it trying to tell her something? The wolf blushes more when she feels Infinite kissing her neck. She then starts moaning but tries to stop herself. The wolf hears the jackal growl a bit as he starts licking her neck. "S-stop," the wolf breaths out while shivering.
Infinite stiffens a bit as he hears Saura. He gently uses his clawed hand, at the back of Saura's head, to pet the wolf. The jackal nuzzles the wolf's neck. "I can't do that Saura," he mumbles to Saura as he breathes to her neck. He feels the wolf shiver a bit but not in fear. The jackal looks back to the wolf and releases her wrists. He uses his free arm to pull Saura closer. "You are mine," he added. Infinite places his forehead on to Saura's as he attempts to place another-
"Infinite, I finally have a plan, but I'll need to run some tests," Eggman's voice was heard through Infinite's communicator. "Come to the lab now," he added.
Infinite growls madly at Eggman's interruption. Not wanting to keep the human waiting, Infinite releases Saura to go get his mask. Saura, while blushing red and deep breathing, watches Infinite get his mask. Once the mask is on his face, the jackal turns to the wolf. "Stay here," he tells Saura as he opens the cell door. Once he's out, Infinite shuts the door and locks it.
Saura tries to get to Infinite, but the masked jackal had already shut the door and locks it. Saura looks to Infinite as he looks back. They stared at each other for a bit until Infinite finally walks off. Saura frowns as she starts trying to bust the cell door open but with no success. When the masked jackal is no longer in sight, Saura deep breathes as she leans to a wall. She soon takes in everything that's happened and shivers. This feeling… she feels like she was taught about it before… Saura rubs her neck, the spot where Infinite put a lot of attention to. Saura needs to get out of here and fast. Looking around, Saura notices a window with small bars. Using the bench in the room, Saura climbs to the window and starts trying to pop the bars out of the window. Luckily for her, the bars were loose! The wolf starts removing the bars one by one. When she finally removes the bars, she hears something coming! Quickly, Saura hides the bars under the bench.
The wolf sees a robot had arrived to patrol around the area. It stands next to an entrance as it looks at the cell rooms. Saura shivers at the robot's stare as she looks away from it and sat on the ground while hugging her knees. Once the robot leaves, the wolf will make her escape. Saura looks around the room and noticed no one in the other cells. Then again, Sonic and Shadow did rescue everyone that was held captive here. She looks at the ceiling as the resistance started to pop in her head. Saura wonders how Sonic and the others are doing and hopes they're alright, especially Espio since he got attacked.
"Oh brother, listening to you just makes me want to throw up every time you say a word. It's pathetic how the jackal thinks your voice is "lovely." Then again, I think he's only saying that because he feels sorry for you. Or perhaps, he's trying to lure you away from your so-called friends so you can betray them. Besides, you've already done that since you saved his life, remember?"
Saura shivers at the voice as she shakes her head. It's not true! She didn't save Infinite to betray the resistance. She saved him because she knew it was the right thing to do! Everyone deserves to at least have a second chance in this world. Sonic had spared Eggman many times despite all the damage he has done. Infinite is no different... right? The jackal would've killed her here, but he didn't. Is he really doing it because he felt sorry for her or wanted to use her later? The wolf buries her head to her knees as she continues to shiver.
Meanwhile…
When both Sonics returned, they were greeted by all but two faces. The older Sonic noticed some of the gloomy emotions that were shown in some of his friends' faces. "What's wrong guys?" he asks to the crowd.
"We… we lost the rookie again," Vector replies to the older Sonic. Both Sonics looked shocked.
The older Sonic soon notices a yellow weapon on the desk, the Lightning Wispon. He walks up to the weapon and picks it up. It can't be true… can it? The older blue hedgehog shivers at the thought. "I… Is she…-"
"No, she's still alive for now," Knuckles replies to the older Sonic. He looks at the big screens and then back down sadly. "According to Espio, the rookie had done an amazing job in distracting Eggman by taking out a battlemech all by herself to prove she's still on our side. The distraction did catch Eggman's attention," he explains the story he was told. "Apparently, it seems it also got someone else's attention," he added as he looks to the older Sonic.
When the older Sonic understands who Knuckles is talking about, he grips his free hand to a fist. Silver showed a look of confusion. "This is all confusing though," he says to the group. "What does Infinite want with Saura?" he questions.
The older Sonic looks down as the question replays in his mind. Why does the masked jackal want the wolf alive? He then recalls six months ago when he first encountered the Infinite. Even though the masked jackal had defeated him, Infinite still kept the older blue hedgehog alive. Then again, that was because Eggman told him to, so the human can torture the older Sonic. But in this case, Eggman knows nothing about Saura from what they've heard. The older Sonic grips on to the wispon a bit. "That doesn't matter. We have to go rescue her and stop Eggman once and for all now that the Phantom Ruby is out of the way," he says to the gang.
Shadow nods in agreement. "With it gone, this should effectively put a stop to the doctor's greatest weapon," he states with a small smirk.
"Yeah," Vector shouts in agreement! "The Sonics have made an opening for us. We can't just let that go to waste," he added to bring out more encouragement.
Silver smiles. "And now, it's time to settle the score with Eggman," he says to the group.
Knuckles smirks. "I agree. Now that the Phantom Ruby is out, we can finally smash Eggman into an omelet," he says in excitement has he pounds his fists together.
Rouge steps forward a bit. "Hey, don't count your chickens before you smash your eggs," she says to Knuckles with her arms crossed.
The older Sonic nods in agreement. "Rouge is right. The fact that Eggman and Infinite are still around means we can't let our guard down. Also, they are holding Saura hostage. If it weren't for her, none of this would've been possible. The least we can do is save her," he says to Knuckles and the rest of the group.
Knuckles takes a deep breath a bit. "Alright, fine," he says. "Everyone get ready, we have several missions to take care of," he added.
Rouge looks to Knuckles with everyone else. "Well then, what's the plan boss?" the female bat asks.
Back to Infinite…
Infinite stops the Phantom Ruby's power with an exhausted look, but he easily hid it. Dr. Eggman calculated the energy and evil smirks. "Perfect! This will for sure put an end to that pesky hedgehog once and for all," he says with an evil chuckle. He then turns to Infinite. "You should go rest. Even with the back-up power source, it still takes out some energy. Just be ready when I need you," he tells the masked jackal. Infinite humphs silently as he makes his way out of the lab.
Instead of heading to his resting headquarters, Infinite walks to the cell room he left Saura in. Once he's in, he shuts the door and looks at the blond wolf. She appears to be sleeping on the ground. The jackal removes his mask from his face as he places it down. He sits down on the ground and watches Saura. Infinte continues to stare at the wolf's face, hoping a bit for her to wake up. That way, he can hear her voice again. He then noticed something strange about Saura's scent. Carefully to not wake her up, he picks up the wolf and places her on his lap. He sniffs down at Saura's neck and noticed a bit of his scent is now there along with a little mark, where he bit her. He smirks as he continues to catch the scent of his and Saura's scent together. He should do more of those soft bites on her neck. The scent it brings out is wonderful. Finally realizing how exhausted he is, Infinite gently puts Saura down and he lies down behind her. He nuzzles to Saura's neck and holds the wolf close. Finally, he closes his eyes to rest, enjoying Saura's scent mixed with his.
Saura opens her eyes after a few hours of resting. When the robot guard had not left, she decided to take a quick nap to try and recover some energy. She didn't mean to be asleep for that long. The wolf sighs a bit as she tries to get up but was suddenly pulled back down into someone's arms along with a familiar glitching sound that she should've picked up when she woke up! "So, you're finally awake," she hears a familiar voice say behind her. Saura stiffens as she turns around. Infinite is laying down behind her. The wolf jumps a bit to try and get up again; however, the jackal's arms tighten a bit around her. "I didn't expect you to be asleep when I returned," he added as he nuzzles Saura's neck.
Saura blushes as she feels Infinite nuzzling her neck. She needs to get out of here and back to the resistance as soon as she can. The wolf suddenly feels Infinite licking her neck slowly. Remembering the earlier event Infinite did to her, she tries to keep her mouth shut, but the way the jackal is holding her close is making it hard. Saura starts panting a bit from Infinite licking her neck constantly along with a few kisses. Infinite smirks as he sees Saura trying to resist on speaking. He'll get through to her; he did it before. The jackal then remembers the resistance. They're bound to come look for Saura and he can't allow that. Other wise he will be forced to- Infinite suddenly lets out a growl that startles Saura.
Saura starts trying to break out of Infinite's hold, but that caused the jackal to pin her down to the ground as he towers above her. The wolf shivers as she sees Infinite glaring. "Why are you resisting me?" he suddenly asks Saura. Saura flinches as she hears the gem on Infinite's chest get louder. She tries to look away, but that only angered Infinite more. The jackal has one of his clawed hands on to Saura's muzzle to have her look back at him. Hearing Infinite now growling, Saura shivers more.
Saura suddenly feels Infinite's other clawed hand on her shoulder and neck. The moment she feels Infinite's claws close to her neck, the wolf froze as memories started to flow in her mind: the blood, the corpses, the dungeon-like area, the brown wolf, and the knife. Each part flashes in Saura's mind as she stares down at Infinite's clawed hand.
Noticing the silence, Infinite growls more at Saura when he sees her ignoring him. The jackal grips his hold on the wolf's shoulder and neck more. "Look at me Saura," he growls out.
Upon feeling the claws touching her neck, Saura screams. Out of instinct, the wolf kicks Infinite off her and yelps from the scratch Infinite did to her neck. When she finally gets the jackal off, Saura gets up as she has her hand on her neck, on the side she got scratched. Infinite landed on his back after being kicked. He looks up and glares at Saura who is holding her neck while staring at Infinite eye-wide. Infinite can clearly see the expression on the wolf's face. There was pain and fear… a lot of fear! The jackal eye narrows as he watches Saura remove her hand from her neck and stares at it. Whatever it is the wolf saw, it brought more fear in her. And, Infinite sees why! There are four little scratch marks on Saura's neck! Did he do that? To find the answer, Infinite looks at his clawed hands and sees a tiny bit of red on his gloves. Infinite looks back to Saura with regret; he didn't mean to hurt her. "Saura?" he tries to call out to the spooked wolf.
Saura, while staring at the blood on her hand, starts shivering like a leaf. This is just like what happened when she spoke. Was that scratch meant for her because she spoke before? If so, she definitely needs to escape now while she's still alive! The wolf flinches when she hears Infinite. Seeing the jackal slowly getting up, she immediately jumps on the bench as she starts pulling herself to the open window and gets ready to make another jump!
The moment he sees Saura climbing to the, now non-barred, window and getting ready to jump, Infinite gets up fast, while he grabs his mask, and tries to stop her but was too late for the wolf had jumped. "Saura," he shouts to the wolf with worry! The jackal, as he puts his mask on, got ready to go after the wolf with red aura around him. But then, Infinite sees Saura had a grabbling hook as she uses it to cling on to a building and swing herself there to safety. Once the wolf safely gets on to the building and retrieved her hook, she runs off. The masked jackal growls as he starts floating to go after her.
"Infinite, Sonic and his friends have arrived in the city," Eggman says through Infinite's communicator. Infinite growls madly at another interruption. "Come meet me at the Central Tower to activate Null Space," he tells the masked jackal.
Infinite pounds his fist to the wall of the building closest to him as it created a dent. He looks at the direction where Saura ran off and noticed she's already gone from sight. "Damnit," he curses with a growl. "That hedgehog and his pathetic friends better not find her," he mumbles with venom. "Once I see her again, I'll have to take her to the fortress," he added. He then flies off to meet up with Dr. Eggman at the Central Tower
Author's Note:
Well, everything else has been explained above. So, I won't explain much. I did originally wanted to make this a two chapter part, but I figured they're better together.
To the chapter: Wow... such tension. Being haunted by her past and now these strange things are going on with her and Infinite. I wonder who will find who first.
Thanks for reading!