Chapter 6: Bloody requests
So slowly I hesitate my fist as I look up at the pink door in front of me,although I know she means well...I just don't quite understand her nature,but if my mission is going to be getting any further anytime soon,this must be done. Plus lately the nights have become pretty harsh now,I can't keep going on like this. Last night my resting place was in the inner wall of someone's kitchen,all of their food at my hunger's mercy. I only ate some fruit,but still,that's just pathetic. Also it doesn't exactly help with how the weather decided to be,rainy! It's a good thing her roof reaches out and leaves a dry spot at her doorstep.
This Amy Rose,a blissful ignorant girl,she's the only one I have actual contact with that knows a little more about Sonic's whereabouts. Amy Rose you are my only hope in continuing my mission from here. Gathering up my courage,I ball up my fist and knock on her door.
"Just a moment!" I hear her high-pitched voice ring.
Waiting,my ear twitches as I hear the door knob wobble before the door opens.
"Dark?" I hear,as the pink hedgehog steps out the house. "How did you get here? In the rain?"
"Candy." I state aloud.
"What?" She asks,now confused.
"Erm-candy..y-you smelt like candy,so I found you by memory." I explain,trying not to trip over my own words.
"Uhhh,what?" She questions again,only this time slightly stepping back into her house.
Pointing at my nose,I say "I remember your scent from yesterday,you smell like candy."
"...ok then." She says in an unsure tone. "Well what brings you here? Need more food?"
"Nah I already ate,thank you though miss Rose."
"Really?" She asks while raising an eyebrow. "How so? You don't have any money,and don't know anyone else here but me. How did you get food?"
*growl-"Does it really matter?" I ask,looking away while trying to avoid eye contact...green eyes? Hm,that's a rather nice touch. "I'm just here to ask some questions,that's all."
"You stole it." Amy says. "You stole someone's food!"
"You're the one who asked." I say. "Now that we've got the body out of the closet,let's get to the more important things."
"Ugh,the things I want to point out now Dark." Amy scolds.
"Can you show me where Sonic lives?" I ask,before we somehow get off topic again.
Normal pov
"Hey Tails,can you get that?" Sonic asks from the kitchen,as they hear knocking at their door.
The day seems as a rather slow one,unlike the day before,there was no Eggman sightings. It only makes sense though,Sonic and Tails had really managed to leave a few massive dents in his work,he may not be back till a few months. In the mean time,Sonic's only worry is the perfection of his meal resting in front of him,a chili cheese dog.
"Yeah,I'm on i-"
"I got it!" A brown ferret girl interrupts Tails,as she runs to the door leading into the living room.
"Lacey,no!" Tails retorts. "You can't answer the door..not like that!"
Ever since Tails had found Lacey causing a slight mishap in the city during her escape,him and Sonic had taken her in. Why so? Well she's not exactly sane enough to just step out into the real world on her own. Plus with her being an artificial anthro who escaped her lab life,no one else would take her in. Being ageless,she is forever a child,struggling to grow up already.
"Like what?" Asks Lacey,skidding to a halt.
"Lacey,once again you've forgotten to dress yourself." Tails says,slightly irritated. "Those clothes were bought for you for a reason."
"Did it occur to you that I'm not forgetting? I just don't like them." Lacey whines,grabbing onto the door knob. "Besides,I'm at least wearing gloves and shoes,isn't that how you and Sonic roll?"
Opening the door,she reveals a pink hedgehog dressed in a red dress,and a familiar grey ferret dressed in tattered clothing.
"Hello,is Sonic here?" Asks Amy,while putting away her umbrella.
"Eep! Pinky Piko!" Yelps Lacey,leaping away from the door,and holding Tails out as a shield.
"Uhh,yeah he's in the kitchen." Tails says,pointing to the kitchen doorway. "Lacey,put me down!"
"Ok,thank you Tails." Amy says,as she and Darkness walk by.
"Hey it's you." Tails states,noticing the same small ferret boy they saw the day before. "You know him?" He asks Amy,as Lacey puts him back down.
"Well sorta,we just met really." Amy explains. "I just decided that I should help this young boy here meet Sonic,just like he wanted."
"I've already met him." Darkness reminds her. "I just need his help with something...that's all,nothing more-"
"Well,I see you found me again." Says a familiar voice,reaching Darkness's ears.
"Sonic!" He looks up and sees him leaning against the doorway to the kitchen.
"Heh,told you anything's possible." Sonic says with a grin. "So...this big secret you need help with,tell me more and I'll do whatever I can. I mean since you've obviously made an effort to find my house."
After agreeing to hear more of this secret the small ferret boy had,they all went to sit down in the living room.
Darkness's pov
Finally,the moment has come,my mission shall sky-rocket to success from here! Oh but I've better explain myself before getting to my point...don't want to sound too blood thirsty.
"Ok,well...your a hero,right?" I ask him.
"Sure am." Sonic answers.
"A-and no matter what,you always seek out for proper justice?"
"That's me."
"You will always try to make things right?"
"As long as I'm still breathing." He says with a grin.
Perfect. Well...here goes nothing.
"Just a few nights ago..something happened,a crime happened." I explain. "It resulted in the loss of my dear parents."
"Oh my gosh." I hear Amy whisper,as she covers her mouth.
continuing,I say,"In an attempt to even out the score and make things right again..I-I went after the murders,waited for them to sleep,t-then I...I-I.." Dammit! Why is it suddenly so hard to explain myself?
I find myself at a loss of words as my voice begins to crackle slightly. Why was I now finding it difficult to explain? It had already happened. I know what happened,I know how it happened. For the past following nights,I had constantly replayed what I have done. I have explained to myself what had happened,what I just committed. It shouldn't be hard! Right?
Quickly gathering up my words again,I say,"I-I got rid of them. I got rid of those bad people."
"What?" Asks Sonic,now leaning forward on the couch with a stern look. "What do you mean by 'got rid' of them? Also what does any of this have to do with me?"
"There were three of them." I explain. "I later found out about a fourth one."
"How did you get rid of those three?" He pushes on.
"Proper justice won't be complete until we find the fourth one. The last bad guy to get rid of."
"Wait,what?" Sonic asks,clearly unsure of the matter. "What do you mean we?"
"Your going to help me,aren't you?" I ask. "You said so yourself. You'd do whatever you could."
Now rubbing his temples with a sigh he says,"Look kid...I can't do this."
"What?" I ask out of disbelief.
"This is some serious stuff,I can't help you. I mean this is murder we're talking about,if anything,you should be telling this to the cops,not me. Why did you come all this way to me anyway?"
"B-because you're the good guy!" I exclaim. "You're the hero! The one who always makes things right! Y-your the one who stops bad guys!" He walks up to me,I'm now in tears.
"Yes,that's true." He says in a calming tone,putting a hand on my shoulder. "I am a good guy. I am a hero. And I do make things right...but you need to understand,I'm not an actual super hero,I don't stop bad guys. I stop A bad guy. I'm not like Super Man,or the other guys in the comics kid. I don't go around stopping robbers and murders,and such...that's what I let cops do. My main bad guy focus is Eggman,he's the one I go after. Also,in terms of getting 'rid of',I don't kill...never in my life have I ever killed. It's wrong kid."
"B-but,you said you'd help me! You said so yourself!" I cry out. "What those guys did was wrong! And I can't rest until the last target is gone!"
"Um kid-"
"I-it's Darkness." I interrupt the yellow fox now speaking.
"Darkness." He corrects himself. "This sounds dead serious,you really need to get the cops in on this."
"They already know!" I blurt out. "Back where I came from at my place,they already know. The house has been investigated and everything. Their already on the case."
"Well then why did you come all the way over here for Sonic's help rather than the police?" Amy asks. "Your both after the same guy."
"Correct,but I'm currently hiding from them as well." I say,wiping away a few tears.
"But why?" Sonic asks. "You need to come clean before you get into some more trouble,because that's where you're heading." Ohh how right you were..
"I can't! I'm different!" I yell,bursting into more tears. "Don't you see? I can't! The moment I set foot back in my home town,I'll have my abilities taken away from me!"
"Darkness,what are you talking about?" Asks the yellow fox.
I then explain to them about how having powers or special abilities aren't allowed back at my home,due to some safety concerns towards others. And how back in my home town,they have found a way to take away powers with just the use of a vaccine.
"We were under hiding,but after the current incident,the police who came to investigate recognized us by our files. So with me being the only survivor,I was supposed to be taken back for 'the cure',but I ran. And now I'm here." I explain.
"This is crazy Darkness." Amy says.
"Crazy?" I ask. " You find what I did crazy? How would you like it then? How would you guys like it if THIS place passed the same law? Hm? You know what they'd do? Well for starters,with you being an easy fix," I say pointing at the yellow two tailed fox. "They'd surgically remove one of your extra tails! Try flying with that!"
"Darkness!" Snaps Amy.
"And you!" I say,pointing at Sonic. "Hows about you get your speed taken away? Still havin a blast?"
"Darkness that's enough!" Yells Amy.
"...you know what? Your right." I say,now getting up. "This is enough."
Screw this,I was wrong! Wrong to think that I could ever get a hero's hands bloody! He was right...dammit Shadow,you were right!
"Kid,where are you going?" Sonic asks,as I step out the door.
"Hell if I know." I mumble,closing the door behind me while turning transparent and traveling through the drops of the rain.
'Dammit...I suck! I seriously just screwed up just now!'
7-31-13
See? Told you there'd be more Sonic characters! Well what do you think? Still updating by iPod,it's driving me crazy! For some reason it has this thing where it blacks out and exits the Internet,so I have to keep pressing the Save button in order to keep my progress from being erased...I've already had to retype two paragraphs due to the blacking out thing! Just typing this took five taps on the Save button!
Any who...who's ready to see Rouge on here? =)