Shout outs:
Bajy - we'll see how those two interact with each other in the mist along with meeting someone darker. Dun dun duuun.
nicole - yes, Nevil needs to stay away from Saura! He's done way too much damage to Saura! Let's hope he doesn't get to anyone else.
Chapter 18: The Power of a Bond (Part 1)
*WARNING STARTS HERE!*
When Sonic got in the red mist, Infinite tackles him down to the ground. The masked jackal growls at the blue hedgehog as he pins the hedgehog down further to the ground. But then, he noticed something strange around them. He sees more red on the ground and it doesn't belong to Sonic. Infinite looks around and noticed dead mobians around him and the hedgehog. The jackal releases Sonic as he looks around in shock. "What is this?" he asks out loud.
Sonic eye narrows at Infinite. Curious, he looks around as well to see the dead mobians with missing parts all over. Shocked and spooked, Sonic quickly gets up and looks at all the poor lives that were ruined. Snapping out of it, he glares at the masked jackal. "What are you talking about? Didn't you create this?" he asks while looking at the jackal suspiciously.
Infinite glares more at Sonic. "I haven't seen anything like this before you blue nuisance. I've seen it for one person, but not multiple," he states. The masked jackal goes back to looking around the area as he sees all of these dead mobians. Glitches started to appear in his vision which helped him figure out what's going on! This is all because of the Phantom Ruby! Infinite looks down at his Phantom ruby and uses it to take out this illusion. The red aura spreads around the area, but apparently it doesn't appear to be working. He growls at this; the Phantom Ruby has always worked! How could the ruby fail him? The gem still continues to glow which got the jackal confused.
Sonic watches Infinite with a confused glare while holding his ground from the red aura. What was the masked jackal trying to accomplish with that? Sonic suddenly notices Infinite's Phantom Ruby is glowing a bit. He then sees something else glowing in the distance along with two figures in between the red light. They both appear to be wolves. One is just standing there with both hands down and holding something while the other is holding out a weird lighting shaped weapon. Wait, he recognizes that weapon, the Lightning Wispon! "Saura," he calls out to one of the wolves! Infinite flinches and looks at where the hedgehog is looking at and sees the two wolf figures as well.
Saura continues to aim her wispon at Nevil, the brown wolf, while looking down a bit still and shedding tears. She then hears someone calling out to her! That voice sounds familiar, so she turns to see who it is and noticed a red light on one figure and another somewhat faded figure. They appear to be a hedgehog for the somewhat faded figure and a jackal with the glowing gem. She recognized them both! "Oh, so more of your "friends" had come to see you?" the blond wolf hears Nevil say. Saura looks back to the brown wolf as she realizes something. Both, Sonic and Infinite, are here! She needs to get them out of here!... But, how can she?... She couldn't save Tails from Nevil's attack… "That's sweet of them. However, it seems they are seeing too much like your fox friend did," he added. Saura shivers at what the brown wolf said! No, he's going to hurt Sonic and Infinite.
Sonic hears that masculine voice and glares. "Who are you? Are you the one who is behind this show?" he asks. The hedgehog and masked jackal noticed one of the wolf figures started to walk to them, but the other wolf blocks its way but flinches for moving a bit like it's injured. Sonic might have an idea on who the wolf blocking the other one is. "Saura, are you okay?" he asks the wolf blocking the other.
Saura thought about answering Sonic, but she soon remembered what happened last time she spoke and how Tails paid the price. "Go on Saura, answer him. He seems "so" worried about you," Nevil says to Saura with a dark smirk. Saura shivers as her tears returned. She can't; if she spoke, then Sonic or Infinite will take the fall. "Not talking are we Saura?" the brown wolf added.
Sonic frowns a bit in worry. He then glares at the wolf trying to walk to him and Infinite. "What did you do to her?" he asks in anger. The hedgehog hears a dark chuckle coming from one of the wolves. His worry increased as he walks closer to the wolf blocking the other one. Sonic noticed the blond fur, but also a lot of lash marks on her back, just like the one Tails had. "Saura?" he calls out to the blond wolf gently as he puts his hand on her shoulder. The blond wolf flinches at his touch which is a sign of something happened. He looks back to the other wolf and noticed his appearance. A male brown wolf with hazel eyes and black gloves and shoes. The male wolf also appears to be holding a red whip! Sonic glares at the brown wolf. "So, it was you behind the attack you did on Tails! I saw that lash mark on him and the terrified expression on his face! You're gonna pay for that," he says in anger. He starts to get ready to use a homing attack, but Saura blocks him by using her hand.
Nevil sees this and eye narrows at Saura. "Oh Saura, are you still trying to protect your friends?" he asks. The blond wolf continues to try and glare at the brown wolf as she points her weapon at him. Nevil then shakes his head. "Oh my poor "niece," you know how that worked last time. You tried to prevent that fox from seeing this little destruction your mind had played out. You can't do the same for this hedgehog and jackal," he added with his arms crossed.
Sonic and Infinite became surprised when the brown wolf mentioned the word niece. "Niece?" Sonic questions as he looks between Saura and Nevil.
Nevil dark chuckles a bit as he sees Saura flinch as her arm, blocking Sonic, lowers down a bit. "Go on Saura, aren't you going to tell your friends about your uncle just like how you told the fox. Surely, they both appear to be curious," he says to the blond wolf. Saura shivers as she somewhat looks to Sonic and Infinite in shame. She quickly snaps out of her shame and glares back at Nevil. "No? Do you really not want us to get to know each other? They sure want to," he then says with a dark smirk. Suddenly, the brown wolf was attacked by a lightning whip! Nevil was flung back a bit as he somewhat disappears in the red fog.
Infinite watched as Saura attacks the brown wolf. Uncle and niece? Could those two be related? The blond wolf appears to not be happy about that. He'll probably ask about him later. This place is already bad enough as it is, and he should get Saura out of here right after he destroys Sonic and that brown wolf. Although, the brown wolf did point out something interesting. The male wolf said something about "little destruction your mind played out." Is this all in Saura's head? If so, how did she come across the brown wolf and… this? "Come on Saura, let's get you out of here," the masked jackal hears Sonic say. When he sees Sonic grab Saura's wrist, he growls madly at the hedgehog. With the Phantom Ruby, he got to the hedgehog and wolf and kicks Sonic away. Infinite then looks back to Saura and finally sees the lashes on her back and left arm until she turns around. Seeing those injuries along with the fear and tears in the wolf's eyes, the jackal realizes he should've been here sooner. He needs to get her out of here now! Infinite was soon attacked by Sonic. "Stay away from her," the hedgehog shouts!
Infinite groans a bit as he growls at Sonic. "You can't tell me what to do, hedgehog," he says to Sonic. The masked jackal starts throwing red spheres at the hedgehog.
Sonic dodges Infinite's attacks as he charges after the masked jackal. Saura watches the hedgehog and jackal fight. She has to stop them from fighting… she has to! "Sonic, Infinite stop," she shouts to the two! Suddenly realizing she spoke, the blond wolf instantly covers her mouth as her eyes shrunk back a bit. However, both, Sonic and Infinite, stopped their tracks when they heard Saura spoke. They turned to the wolf in confusion. Why would she want them to stop?
"Listen to that voice…"
"That's the weirdest voice I've heard."
Sonic, Infinite, and especially Saura flinch as they heard those phrases. While the hedgehog and masked jackal look around for the sources, the blond wolf took in those phrases as she has her free hand on her head with tears in her eyes. This is what happened the last time she spoke! Then, what happens next is- "You spoke again Saura," she hears Nevil say. Saura shivers as she slowly turns around to where the brown wolf could be at, but she was then whipped to the ground. The blond wolf yelps as she falls to her knees and hands.
The sound of a whip and Saura's yelp caught Sonic and Infinite's attention. They both turned and noticed Saura is standing on her knees and hands. "Saura," Sonic calls out as he runs to the wolf! He soon noticed Saura trying to get up and helps her up. "You okay?" he asks. He watches the wolf, but nothing came out of her, not even a nod nor shake. Sonic cringes a bit as he tries to pick up Saura, that was when she shook her head. "Saura, we need to get out of here now," he says to the blond wolf.
"She can't get away. I've always been with her since the day she needed help," Sonic and Infinite hear the brown wolf say. They both looked around for him as Saura shivers. "For years, I've always been with her whether it was physically or emotionally. I stayed to make sure she doesn't do the one thing I find annoying to her, just as I've done for others that I've met," the male wolf added.
Infinite took in this new information with surprise. He remembered Saura's little conversation about getting help, but that caused her to stop talking… was that all because of the brown wolf?! He'll need more evidence to find if his suspicious is right. "What was it that was annoying?" he asks subconsciously. Both Sonic and Saura look at the masked jackal with surprise. But, that ended when they hear a dark chuckle around them. Infinite glares as he looks around for the male wolf. That chuckle is starting to get him angry. "Tell me," he demanded.
"So touchy a bit, you kind of remind me of myself. The only problem I have with you is the fact that you're a jackal," the brown wolf comments. Ignoring the growls from the masked jackal, the brown wolf walks back to the group from the fog, now having a few blood stains on his fur and gloves due to landing on a pile of corpses. Infinite, Sonic, and Saura flinched at the sight of the male wolf. "But if you want to know that bad, then here is what I'll say," he begins as he walks around. "I first thought about getting rid of her eyes. They remind me of her father, my weak older brother. He was supposed to show the world that we wolves are the strongest out of everyone here; but instead, he helps yours and other kinds of weakling creatures," he explains a bit in anger while growling. Nevil stops to let out a dark chuckle quietly. "And then, I found something more annoying than her eyes, her voice," he then answers.
Sonic and Infinite froze at the answer. There it is, the answer to why Saura is always silent! "What's wrong with her voice?" Sonic asks as he glares at the brown wolf.
Nevil turns to the blue hedgehog. "Although I admit, it does sound like her mother's a bit, but it does reek a bit of her father's. It makes me sick," he replies with a tiny growl. Infinite's growls continue to grow as he hears the brown wolf. Out of all of the voices he heard, the masked jackal thought Saura's voice was the most beautiful. Before Infinite had a chance to attack, the male wolf took the chance to use his whip at the direction where Sonic and Saura are at. Saura quickly shoved Sonic away from the attack and takes the fall instead. The blond wolf yelps as she falls into the corpses. Panicked, Saura quickly gets up and backs away from the dead mobians while wincing from the pain. "Come now Saura, you've been in this situation before. Don't you remember?" the male wolf says to the female wolf.
"That's enough whoever you are," Sonic says to the brown wolf in anger! The blue hedgehog charges at the male wolf and attacks him with a homing attack. The brown wolf lands on the roof floor while groaning from the pain. Sonic then gets to Saura. "Hang on tight," he says to the female wolf as he picks her up. By the time the blue hedgehog has a hold on the blond wolf, Infinite glares madly at Sonic as he quickly got to the hedgehog and female wolf. The masked jackal grabs a hold of Sonic by the neck that forced the hedgehog to release Saura.
Saura falls to the roof floor and groans a bit. She looks back up while trying to get up. The blond wolf notices Infinite choking Sonic to death and has her hands on Infinite's wrist, the one holding on to Sonic. She tries to push the masked jackal away but doesn't appear to be working! She thought about speaking, but she remembered those voices she hears when she does along with the beating Nevil will do to either her, Sonic or Infinite. Whimpering and feeling helpless, she just tries to free Sonic by pushing Infinite away from him.
Infinite sees Saura trying to save Sonic, but she isn't speaking. The masked jackal then realizes something; that is exactly what the brown wolf wants her to feel, never speak and see how useless she is! Infinite unconsciously releases his hold on Sonic while staring at Saura as the wolf releases him. He doesn't want the blond wolf to think that way. It will only ma- Glitches started to appear in everyone's vision. And then, everyone gets whipped to the roof floor, except for the jackal. Infinite was surprised to see the attack go past him. It's almost like that attack never existed! But how?
Saura groans a bit as she tries to stand up. By the time she got on her hands and knees, the blond wolf noticed Sonic is knocked out from slamming on to the roof floor too hard. She frowns in worry as she crawls to the hedgehog to see if he's alright. She checks his pulse and sighs in relief. Sonic is alive, that's good. "Such a shame, the same thing has happened again," Saura hears Nevil say. The female wolf shivers as she turns to where she heard the brown wolf. Saura's shiver increased when she sees him. Nevil's fur appears to be messed up and more blood stains are on him too. "You can't protect your friends from me when you can't do the same for yourself. I've told you before: a weak wolf is nothing but trash," he states.
Infinite's eye widened when he hears the word "weak." That word was used at him before! When he was defending one of Eggman's facilities, Infinite was beaten by Shadow, the black hedgehog. That hedgehog had called him weak and that's why he gave up his old self. He's always hated to hear that word. He didn't want to ever think or feel it! The masked jackal glares a bit as he has his hand to his mask a bit. No, he's not weak! After all, it wasn't even directed to him.
Saura took in all that Nevil said as she looks down and drops her wispon in defeat. He's right; she is weak. Which means, she is nothing but trash… Infinite looked to the two wolves and noticed the sadness and hopeless look in Saura's eyes. The masked jackal has his hands to fists. The blond wolf is giving in… he can't let that happen! Not after everything he went through with her! Infinite then noticed the appearance of the older male wolf. He looks a bit more savage like than before and has a maniac like expression on his face. Infinite glares at the male wolf as he quickly gets in between Nevil and Saura. The jackal tries to smack the brown wolf away, but his hand passed through him. "What?" he says in shock.
Nevil eye narrows at Infinite, not fazed about the attack; it's like he never even saw it. "Well, what do we have here?" he mocks. "Ah, you're the "other friend,"" he says after a better look at the masked jackal. "You've got a lot of potential I'll give you that. Keep up your work and you might be like me," he added with a dark chuckle. Infinite listened to that last sentence with disgust. Sure, he did use to go after others during his days before he met Eggman and during his time with the doctor, but there is no way he can be like-
"D-don't b-become like… h-h-him,"
Infinite flinches a bit when he heard Saura's voice in his head. That phrase continues to replay like the time she was at the cell and after the sun disappeared. Infinite looks around the area a bit as he suddenly takes his mask off. He then looks back at the brown wolf as he was finally able to see more clearly of what the male wolf looks like and what he's done. Yes, he wants the world to see what fear is and make it yield to him, but this is taking it to another level. Just the thought of himself becoming like this… monster makes Infinite sick. Could this be who Saura meant by "him?" The jackal glares at Nevil as he growls. "I'll never become like you," he says in determination and anger!
"Really?" Nevil questions as his chuckles die down to an unamused expression. After looking at Infinite's face closely, the brown wolf makes a humph sound. "How disappointing," he says to the jackal. "After all the destruction you did to this world, and teaching the world its place, I thought you would be the one. But then again, I should've known better. Even when you take Saura away from her friends, you never once tried to harm her… well except for that one time even if they were tiny scratch marks," he explains with a small dark smirk.
Infinite glares at the memory, but he's also surprised to hear the brown wolf know about that accident. "How do you know about that?" he asks the male wolf suspiciously.
"Wherever Saura goes, I'm always there with her inside her head," Nevil answers. He watches Infinite eye narrow at him in confusion. "I may be dead in the physical world, but she can't get away from me mentally. As I mentioned before, for years, I've made sure she doesn't use that pathetic voice of hers in the physical world," he explains. "Then again, I'm not the only one who dislikes her voice," he added with a dark chuckle.
"Listen to that voice, it's so weird."
"Is she really a wolf or a squirrel?"
"My poor ears can't take that voice!"
Infinite looks around as he hears the unknown voices while Saura has her hands to her ears and head as she shivers with tears in her eyes. "Do you hear that? These are from others she encountered before she met you and your "friends,"" Nevil explains. Infinite showed a look of surprise as he looks to Saura, but he sees her in the state she's in now. "Because of them, she came to me for help. For several weeks, I tried giving her what she needs, but that weak wolf refuses to do what I tell her," he continues. "So, I had to try and give her some "motivation" to find it. But then, she discovered my hidden "stash." So, I decided to give the answer she's looking for through words and then tried to eliminate it and her myself," he added. "Unfortunately, I've been found out and was put to death for my crimes. But I discovered that Saura had always thought about what I said and all the "special training" I put her through. So, I took that advantage to plant the seeds in her head and watched them grow over time. She's never once spoken to anyone else," he finishes with a dark chuckle. Infinite became shocked and then glares at Nevil as he growls.
Saura continues to listen to all the voices even though she's trying very hard to block it off. She wishes she knew what to do? The blond wolf needs to protect Sonic from her uncle and Infinite while trying to get out of this… nightmare. The wolf soon noticed something slithering around her. She then feels something sharp like it's cutting her… neck! Saura yelps from the pain and kicks the strange thing away from her.
The jackal and brown wolf suddenly hear Saura yelp. Infinite looks to the blond wolf and noticed she's covering her neck. He also noticed a sharp string like… thing trying to come closer to the female wolf as she tries to move away while protecting Sonic. Out of instinct, Infinite drops his mask and grabs Saura, while she had a hold on Sonic, and moves away from that string in quick speed thanks to the Phantom Ruby. The jackal throws a red sphere at the "thing" and noticed it disappeared. He turned his attention back to Saura. "Are you okay? What happened?" he asks impatiently. Infinite waited, but all he hears are whimpers and sniffles from the blond wolf. The jackal glares; however, he stops himself. This is not Saura's fault. Infinite then sees one of Saura's hands is on her neck. He tries to remove the blond wolf's white gloved hand to see, but that only caused the female wolf to tighten her hold a bit and flinches while still shivering. Infinite starts frowning for he's running out of options. He has to find a way to make sure Saura doesn't give in to this… madness.
Author's note:
Hi everyone! This is a surprise isn't it. I originally thought about this chapter and the next one to be all in one update together, but I soon realized how long it will be. Also, thanks again for all the reviews you guys had sent me. I really appreciate it a lot. Thanks again guys! :) So now, there will be two chapters for this event. ;) Well first things first, CLIFFHANGER, DUN DUN DUUUUUN! I may upload the next chapter tomorrow so you guys can see the next part. But, let's see here... *thinking*
How about this, if this fanfic gets 7 more reviews by the end of the day (excluding double posting), I'll go ahead and upload the next chapter tomorrow at 8:30 EST! I know it sounds a lot, but I enjoy seeing your guys feedback on this, even the negative ones.
as for the chapter: oh boy, Sonic got knocked out and he and Infinite meet Nevil! Not only that, now Saura is unresponsive! Let's hope she doesn't give in to the darkness.
Thanks for reading and please review! :3