Silver crashed to the ground. Pain shot through his body as he slowly stood to his feet, he was covered in cuts and burns from the long struggle. Blaze landed
on her feet next to him, as cats often do, after taking a hit herself. She was covered in an equal amount of injuries.
"I can't get close enough." She hissed in annoyance.
Calcifer let out a bloodcurdling roar as he stood in the middle of the evacuated village, destroying the houses. A chill ran down Silver's spine as he realized
there was no hope of defeating the beast. Calcifer had only become stronger as the fight went on.
Silver's mind wheeled for an idea, another way out, but found none. He slowly turned to Blaze, pulling out his L-Emerald from behind his spines. He stared at it,
remembering the night Icefire had given it to him. The night he had accepted her.
"Silver?" Blaze looked at the emerald, and then back to him. "What are you doing?"
"I… I need you to do something for me." He looked up at her.
"Don't you even think about doing anything stupid." Her eyes widened slightly. She was beginning to realize what he was going to do.
"Too late for that." He took in a deep breath, and then held the emerald out to her. "Give this to Icefire. Tell her… Tell her I'm sorry I couldn't keep my promise."
"Silver, you can't!" Blaze didn't reach for it.
"You asked for my help." Silver pushed it closer. "I can't back down now. Not when other's lives are at stake."
"Yes, but we can defeat him." Blaze took a step back. "Together."
"Please, Blaze." Silver said calmly, even though inside he was shaking. He had to at least try to hold the beast off long enough for the neighboring villagers to
abandon their homes.
Slowly, Blaze lifted a hand and grasped it. She jumped a little as a spark shot through her arm, and then looked up to say something. But he was already gone.
Silver ran full speed for the beast, forcing himself to not look over his shoulder. Calcifer turned his head to look at the hedgehog, his four orange eyes sparking
with excitement as he spotted his next victim. The next one he was told to kill.
As Silver ran he could feel something powerful inside of him, when he looked down at his hands they were glowing a golden color.
I'm going Super. He thought. But how?
Calcifer lunged at Silver. The hedgehog looked up and dodged just in time, Calcifer's jaws snapped together in the spot he was just at.
Silver felt more powerful and he knew he would be able to weaken the monster and maybe, just maybe, destroy it even.
Calcifer glared at him, he blew out a hot steam of air. Silver rose into the sky until he was face-to-face with the lava beast.
"Let's get on with it then." He said as he lunged at the fire dragon, smacking him in the head with his foot.
Calcifer growled, he slashed at Silver making the hedgehog fly backwards. He regained altitude and levitated some sharp rocks. He flung them at Calcifer,
making him stumble back.
Calcifer let out a roar, fire rolling out of his mouth, then slashed in an arch where Silver was. Silver, who was trying to avoid the fire, got into the path of the
lave dragon's talons. The impact sent Silver crashing into the ground.
He lay there stunned for a moment, and then slowly got to his feet. Every inch of his body throbbing with pain. Calcifer loomed over him, all four glowing eyes
showed hate. Silver looked straight into them.
"Are you ready?" Calcifer growled inside of Silver's head.
"Are you?" Silver asked.
He levitated a huge rock and flung it at one of Calcifer's eyes. It met its mark, causing the creature to roar in pain as he tried to get it out. Silver saw his
chance. He jumped up into the air towards Calcifer. The monster opened his mouth and blindly let out a fire ball.
The ball was heading straight for Blaze.
Blaze!
He reached out for the fire; catching it before it hit her. Levitating it he swung it around toward Calcifer. And then, it was over.
I'm sorry, Icefire... He thought, closing his eyes as fire burned around him.
As he fell, memories came pouring into his mind. All the good times he had spent with his friends. All the good times he had spent with Icefire. She didn't
deserve this, but he was from the future. The future and the past could not mix…And yet, it had. Almost perfectly. Almost.
"Keep it. I want you to have it." The words she had spoken that one night played in his mind.
Maybe it's a good thing to have an L-Emerald! He had thought. And looking back, Silver smiled. It was.
They all sat in the living room, sitting in their regular places… Except for Knuckles who sat in Amy's chair.
"I wonder when Silver will be back." Lizzy said.
"I hope he will be soon." Icefire said. "I miss him."
"Who is this Silver anyway?" Knuckles asked. "I know I've heard the name before, but I can't quite place it."
"Silver the hedgehog." Sonic said.
"Oh! Now I remember! He came by along with Tails and the others looking for the Ring of Life."
"Yeah." Coal said.
A bright light appeared for the third time, and then faded. Blaze stood in the middle of the living room, a distant look in her eyes. She seemed to have just been
in a fight, being covered in scratches and burns.
"Blaze!" Tails exclaimed.
"The cat is back again?" Sonic opened an eye.
"Wait." Icefire stood up. "Where's Silver?"
"I… I'm sorry." Blaze looked at her.
"W—what do you mean?" Icefire asked.
Blaze slowly pulled something from her pocket and held it out towards Icefire. It was Silver's L- Emerald.
Icefire stared at it for a few seconds then slowly took it from the cat. As she held it in her hands she saw that the tiny purple heart in the center was cracked in
half, then the crack started getting bigger until the gem lay in pieces in her hands.
"I—I'm sorry..." Blaze repeated. "He said he's… sorry that he couldn't keep his promise..."
"What happened?" Icefire looked up, tears forming in her eyes.
"He was fighting Calcifer, and…" She trailed off.
Icefire fell to her knees, tears bursting from her eyes.
"What are you talking about?" Knuckles asked. "Calcifer is here."
"What?" Blaze looked at the echidna, shaking her head. "No, we just fought him. He's dead in the future."
"He's here, he killed Amy." Sonic said.
"That can't be right…" Blaze said.
"Not unless someone is behind this." Lizzy said.
"But who? It can't be Eggman, he doesn't do time travel." Sonic said.
"Unless…" Tails' eyes widened. "Sylvia! She's from the future like Silver, and she said Silver is the reason she wears that mask. She wanted revenge, and so
killed Silver!"
"But Silver isn't the only one who did something to her." Sonic said. "You stopped her from getting the Ring of Life. Remember, Tails?"
Tails nodded. "I remember, but the monster hasn't tried to kill me yet."
"He just didn't see you." Sonic replied. "You were on his blind side."
"No monster is going to touch my Tails!" Lizzy said, pulling him closer.
"We have to destroy Calcifer before he kills anyone else." Icefire said, wiping a tear away.
"I agree with Icefire." Blaze said. "I will go back to my country and help repair their villages."
Sonic nodded. "Right."
Blaze lifted her watch-like device and clicked the button, disappearing into a cloud of white.
"Calcifer is going to pay for what he did." Icefire snarled under her breath. "Mark my words, he will pay."