Chapter 13: Assassination
Shadow and his friends appeared at the White House and looked around for Sonic. They walked into the Oval Office and saw the President sitting at his desk. He looked up as they came in.
"Hello, friends. What are you doing here?" the president asked.
"Sonic is on his way right now to kill you," Espio said. "We need to get you to a safe location."
The President's face paled, and he stood up. "Yes, of course. When will we..."
At that moment, the phone rang. The President picked it up and held the phone to his ear. "Hello?"
"We have an intrusion!" a Secret Service agent's voice said. "It's Sonic; he's...AARRGH! NOOOO!"
The line went dead.
The President's eyes widened and he looked at Shadow and the rest of the group. "Get rid of Sonic; if he truly is trying to kill me, I want you to stop him at all costs."
"What about you?" Amy asked.
"I'll stay in here, protected by my agents. If Sonic gets too close to the Oval Office, then we'll have to fight back."
They all nodded and rushed outside, ready to confront Sonic.
Meanwhile outside the White House, Sonic the Hedgehog was in the middle of a fight. Secret Service agents hand surrounded him, pelting him with bullets from their guns. The bullets had no effect, however, as they just bounced off his skin. Sonic smirked and hovered in the air. A red aura was surrounding him and slowly growing larger. The Secret Service agents stared at Sonic, who was grinning evilly.
"Pathetic humans," he said. "Take this...CHAOS BLAST!"
The red aura that Sonic had around him suddenly expanded outwards, throwing the humans backwards and vaporizing them instantly. Sonic hovered, laughing maniacally. He saw more agents run out of the White House and raised his hand, throwing Chaos Spears at them. The spears hit the agents and killed them upon impact. The evil hedgehog reached the doors to the White House and walked inside. He saw Shadow and the Chaotix standing in the hallway, blocking his path. Sonic grinned and tapped his foot impatiently.
"Get out of my way," he said angrily. "I have a job to do and you're not going to stop me!"
"We will," Shadow said, and rushed at Sonic. He threw a punch but Sonic dodged it and countered with a punch of his own. His fist hit Shadow's stomach, causing Shadow to double over in pain. Espio threw a shuriken but Sonic dodged it and circled around him, kicking him in the back. Both Shadow and Espio struggled to get up and finally stood on their feet, breathing heavily. Sonic looked at them, chuckling softly.
"I can tell that you two are to weak to defeat me. Why not give up and step aside so I can finish what I started?"
"Never," Espio shouted. He took out two more shuriken and threw them at Sonic, who dodged them again.
"Is that the best you can do?" Sonic said. He teleported above Espio and slammed his fists down upon the ninja's head. The blow was so strong that Espio groaned and fell to the ground unconscious. Shadow saw what had happened and launched himself at Sonic, throwing a punch at the hedgehog. Sonic blocked the punch and grabbed Shadow's arms, twisting them around his back. Shadow gasped in pain as he felt the muscles in his arms stretch from the pressure.
"You will never defeat me," Sonic said. "Now step aside, or I will be forced to kill you!"
Shadow gasped some more as Sonic kneed him in the back. One kick was all it took for Shadow to fall to the ground in severe pain. He looked up at Sonic, who was glaring at him in hatred.
"Shadow!" a voice said. Sonic looked up to see Amy Rose run down the hallway, kneeling next to Shadow. She got up and stared at Sonic, tears filling her eyes.
"Why are you doing this, Sonic? You've become so evil now! What happened to the man I love?"
Sonic said nothing for a minute. A evil sneer was forming on his face. "First of all Amy, I am doing this to destroy the world. Second..."
He held out his hand and a Chaos Lance appeared, stabbing Amy in the stomach. Her eyes widened as she gasped and fell to the ground, blood pooling out from the wound that was made. Her breathing stopped as she died.
"I never loved you," Sonic replied. He took one look at Amy's body and walked down the hallway into the Oval Office.
Inside the Oval Office, the President watched in horror as he saw Sonic on the television monitor, filmed by the cameras in the hallway. It was a bloodbath; the evil hedgehog was killing every Secret Service and government agent by killing them in horrible ways. His head shot up as the door was thrown open, revealing Sonic. The President's eyes widened in fear when he saw Sonic. He backed away and signaled his agents, who aimed their guns at the hedgehog. Sonic smirked and vanished in a blur of speed, killing the remaining guards.
The President backed away from Sonic, who was walking towards him. "What do you want, Sonic?"
Sonic sneered. "Don't you think that's obvious? I've come to kill you."
He stopped in front of the President, a Chaos Spear forming in his hands. The President looked for a way out but Sonic grabbed him by the neck, choking him. With the other hand, he drove the Chaos Spear into the President's chest. The President's eyes widened and he struggled to speak but Sonic snapped his neck. The President's body fell to the floor with a thud, blood forming around him. Sonic stood in the Oval Office and laughed, then turned around and walked out of the office into the hallway, blasting it with energy balls. Smoke and fires started as Sonic continued to create destruction as he walked. Once he reached the main room, he saw that Shadow, Chris and the Chaotix were nowhere to be seen.
They must have escaped, he thought. A bright red aura surrounded him and he unleashed a massive Chaos Blast. The room was instantly vaporized as was the rest of the White House. He walked outside to see the White House crumble to the ground, surrounded by smoke and fire. He started to chuckle which turned into a menacing, maniacal laugh. Then he teleported away, leaving the White House to burn.