The Recovered and the Accused
Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers Brawl or any of the characters.
Summary: After Dr. Mario's announcement, Sonic refuses to speak to anyone about what happened. When Knuckles won't even help his friend, will Pit finally step in and help the hedgehog? And what Fox? Will he finally snap and attack Pit for Falco's and the other Smashers disappearance? Who will be next?
Thoughts and flashbacks are in italics.
Chapter 7: The Recovered and the Accused
Pit sighed. It had already been a day since that announcement that Dr. Mario made. He still couldn't believe that his idol was raped of all things. It just wasn't possible! This was Sonic we're talking about!
Stop kidding yourself Pit. Pit told himself. Anything can happen to anyone if they act recklessly.
The angel tried to deny the truth but his inner thoughts won. If Sonic didn't run off then it wouldn't have had happened to him. He wasn't the only one suffering though.
Last night, after Dr. Mario told the three Smashers, Sonic quickly ran out of the infirmary to their room and locked the door and refused to open it to anyone. Pit did try to use the window to get into the room, but Sonic closed it before Pit could fly inside the room. This upset both him and Ash. They were kicked out of their own room and couldn't speak to Sonic to let them back in. They were screwed for the night…not really.
Ash managed to force Lucas to let him stay in his room until Sonic opened the door. The blonde only agreed because he didn't like sleeping by himself.
Ike allowed Pit to stay in his room along with Olimar. While the spaceman agreed to this, he ended up being kicked out of his own bed. Ike's excuse was, "You don't need something that big when you're the size of a bean."
The older Smasher found that offensive. He couldn't help but be short, but in the end, he gave up the bed and decided to sleep on the floor. He prayed that he wouldn't be stepped on when they woke up.
Pit and Ash had a hard time falling asleep the night before, which resulted in both of them being in a terrible mood the next day. While the angel didn't show his grouchy side, Ash showed it in his twenty stock match with Ike and Marth. The poor Pokémon were forced to stay out of their Pokéball until they were knocked out of the battlefield. Pit felt sorry for Marth who was getting knocked out faster than Ike who was staying away from the grouchy trainer. He was still disturbed from the news from the other night. He refused to attack half the time forcing Marth to do most of the work. The prince would soon yell at Ike after the match that Ash barely won when Ike started fighting back again.
"Poké abuse," Pit said trying to make a joke to lighten the mood after Ash finished his match.
"It doesn't work with you Pit so drop it," Ash retorted harshly.
Pit sighed at his friend's reaction and proceeded to help Ike back to his room. Charizard did the most damage to him which included some burns that could be treated by hand easily. Roy helped Marth back to the room that the two swordsmen shared.
The angel was glad that he was able to spend some time with Ike treating his injuries, but after that though, Pit began thinking about Sonic's condition again. He knew that Ash would check up on the blue hedgehog first, so he didn't have to worry much. Then again, if Sonic didn't open the door Ash might lose it and tear down the door.
In the end, he decided to stay with Ike and watch more Moon Phase episodes. He couldn't enjoy the anime though.
Ash attempted to visit their room, but Sonic still refused to open the door. Even with the threat of bringing the legendary Pokémon that controlled the ocean Kyogre to drown him and have Pikachu electrocute him afterwards, he wouldn't budge.
"You're impossible!" Ash screamed before he stormed off to poor Lucas.
And that was technically the schedule for the next six days until Sonic's punishment was over. During the time, Shadow tried to get information about what happened when Knuckles found him. The red echidna refused to say anything to the black hedgehog to his annoyance.
"If you're holding something that could destroy Sonic, I won't hesitate to kill you," Shadow threatened before speeding off.
Other problems including more of Pit's items disappearing. The angel was getting pissed off that he was losing clothes to wear by the day. He came to the conclusion that the stalker and the thief were two different people.
At this rate, I'm going to have to ask Ike if I could borrow his clothes…
Some good things came out of this though. Lucas was slowly recovering from Ness' disappearance because of Ash's presence, but at the same time, it was irritating him. He would have to deal with the complaints of Sonic not opening the door and the long training list. The blonde was glad that he wasn't on the list for the whole week. If the Pokémon Trainer stayed in the room for another week though, he might explode.
Meta Knight was on his guard for the past week. He forced Kirby to stay up all night and train with him to the pink puffballs dismay. While this was considered torture especially when they lost to Ash on the fourth day of his training program, Meta Knight was actually making him stronger by the day. All the swordsmen noticed the change in Kirby's sword play skills in battle. The Star Warrior still considered Kirby as a weakling and continued to wake him up in the middle of the night to practice their sword skills. However Meta Knight only called Kirby at night because he wouldn't admit it, but he was scared that Kirby might be the next victim to be turned into a trophy. It became apparent to him that the Smashers that were disappearing minus Falco were all the ones that escaped Tabuu's grasp since they were already a trophy but were wearing the DDD caps. DDD and Ness were already taken leaving Luigi and Kirby as the next victims. Kirby however was oblivious to Meta Knight's over protective side and just whined about being hungry and the Star Warrior being too cruel to him.
Mario got the news from his relative about Sonic. He acted like nothing happened, but deep down, he was disappointed in Sonic allowing himself to be raped so easily. The plumber didn't even consider why the hedgehog was attacked beside the usual "I'm too cool you!" attitude. Peach told him to focus on protecting his younger brother since either Luigi or Kirby were next since they were one of the few Smashers that had the DDD cap. The plumber took this to heart and spied on his younger brother the whole week, which scared his timid brother.
Other Smashers were either moving on with their lives and doing their thing or clinging to past events which led them to have anger toward a certain Smasher. One in particular was even planning to murder that person. The stalker would just watch from the distance as he watched the events unfold.
When the seventh day hit, Pit had had it with Sonic's withdrawn personality. It was common for people to undergo a long term of silence when they were raped but for the hedgehog it was ridiculous! He and Ash were suffering too!
Once the seventh day hit, everyone knew that Pit was going to snap. They don't know how he was going to snap, they just knew when it was going to happen and why.
Ike decided to leave the angel alone for just today. He didn't want to be anywhere near the angel when he was this demented.
Pit tried to play it off like he wasn't angry, but it was failing miserably. His smiles were obviously fake and he was giving off this evil aura that could suffocate anyone. When someone asked if he was really okay, his smile would crack and they would flee the scene before the situation got worse. The poor Pikmin were one of the few victims of Pit's anger. Olimar watched his friends parted from this world. The blue haired swordsman comforted him once Pit was out of their sight.
The angel was finally at his door. He took a deep breathe before knocking on the door, "Sonic, can I come in?"
No response came from the blue hedgehog.
"Please open the door?" Pit asked nicely.
Still no response.
"-red vein- Sonic…open the door…" Pit said in a low tone. His voice obviously cracked.
And still nothing.
It was a shame that Pit lost his temper in front of Link (who happened to be passing by). The reader could tell with the number of red veins popping up above his head but for Link, it the simple observation that Pit's wings actually became red with anger.
"Okay Sonic…YOU OPEN THIS GOD DAMN DOOR RIGHT NOW BEFORE I SHOOT YOU AND THE MOTHER FUCKING DOOR WITH LADY PALUTENA'S MOTHER FUCKING ARROW!" Pit threatened.
Pit never threatened anyone. Ever. The angel also rarely cursed at anyone especially one of his friends. If saying the word 'damn' wasn't enough, he would follow up with the F word and other words an angel shouldn't be saying. Upon hearing the threat, Link ran the other way to avoid the conflict that was going to happen.
The threat was all it took for Sonic to unlock the door because despite being traumatized by the incident, hearing Pit swear was worse. Pit thought that he finally got through to him. He was wrong because the hedgehog at the last minute changed his mind about unlocking the door and locked it again.
"You-"
Pit was going to say a long string of curse words but a simple shut up from the other side of the door prevented him from doing so.
"I just want to be left alone…" Sonic mumbled weakly on the other side of the door.
"You've been alone for almost a week now," Pit told him.
"I'm not ready yet…"
"At least let me get my clothes! Some jerk has been stealing my clothes and I'm going to have to ask Ike if I could borrow his clothes!"
"No."
"-red vein- You are such a brat Sonic!"
On the other side of the door, Sonic was still shivering. It was bad enough that Ash was yelling at him but Pit too? God must hate Sonic.
"I'm not a brat…" Sonic retaliated weakly.
"You are if you don't let me in," Pit told him.
"Dammit, why are you so persistent?" Sonic questioned hearing his own voice rise up in irritation, "Don't you know what "I want to be alone" means?"
"Lying in bed all day, feeling sorry for yourself won't solve anything."
"…You don't understand. I-"
Sonic heard a loud bang at the door. He couldn't help but sigh. Pit really was going to break down the door if he didn't let him in. Letting him in was the last thing he was going to do. He wasn't going to let Pit or anyone see him in his awful condition.
After another bang and a threat about using an arrow, Sonic finally unlocked the door allowing Pit to come in.
Pit could see the sorrow emitting from the hedgehog. His cheerfulness was gone. He couldn't recognize the blue hedgehog in front of him.
Sonic sat back in his bed and told Pit to get his things and leave the room.
"The only thing I want is for you to go back to your old self."
Sonic stiffened. Pit wanted to know what happened to him. The hedgehog shook his head violently, "I won't say anything!"
"You got to Sonic. Do you want to suffer alone? Maybe I can help you…"
"You can't help even if you wanted to…"
"You never know until you tell me."
"…"
It was after Sonic ran out of the mansion. He couldn't run that fast, but he knew that no one would run after him. He pushed his feet to the limit with his high heels and ran to Smashville. While Smashville seemed like an innocent village, it wasn't especially at night. A lot of shady people came to the village to hang out at the bar. No one would question his appearance though unlike the humans.
Sonic stayed in the village until nightfall. He was planning to leave, but he was still upset with Knuckles' words.
"I'm not a faggot…" Sonic told himself over and over again, "I'm not gay. I don't swing that way. Master Hand forced me into this…"
Not matter what he said though, he couldn't hide the fact that he was hurt by his rival and friend. He couldn't change his feelings toward the red echidna either.
"I don't know what to do!"
Sonic let out another huge sigh. It wasn't like him to think so hard. He would normally just let things like this slide, but not this time.
"Knuckles…what have you done to me?"
The hedgehog couldn't answer his own question so he kept quiet.
Sonic was so busy trying to find an answer, that he didn't notice a group of shady animals approaching from behind. He didn't need to know because one of them walked up behind him and placed a hand on his shoulder bringing him back to reality.
"What's a cutie like you doing here all by yourself?" the animal asked.
Sonic could feel his anger rising again. How dare some random animal call himself a cutie. He cursed at Master Hand for forcing him to wear something so girly, but then again that's what cross-dressing is.
"Can't speak can you?"
Sonic glanced at the animal. The one making his advances on him was a hyena of some sort. The other four animals behind him included a polecat, owl, badger and panther. Most of these predators ate hedgehogs which worried Sonic greatly.
"We were pretty lonely and we thought a girl could ease our loneliness," the hyena continued.
Sonic could tell that the hyena was losing its patient. It was natural for crazy animals to lose their cool if one did not respond to them.
"Fuck off," Sonic said harshly, "I'm not a girl."
The hyena didn't budge. The panther and polecat snickered. The owl did nothing.
"Guess that's it," the owl finally said, "We want a girl not a guy Yena, so we might as well leave."
Nobody agreed with the owl though. The hyena gave an evil grin, "No. I think I like this one."
Sonic glared at his predators. If they didn't leave him alone, he would punch them in the face.
"Low, he made up his mind," the panther told the owl, "Let him do what he wants."
"Fine by me. It's not my fault if you get bitch slapped by a fag," the owl said harshly.
That word again. Sonic thought to himself. He clenched his fist in anger. Nobody calls me a fag and gets away with it.
"Oh, he's shaking," the polecat stated, "I wonder if he's scared?"
The hyena made his advance on the hedgehog. When he tried to lift his dress up though, the hedgehog kicked him in the spot where it hurt with his high heels. The hyena clutched where he was hit. The polecat couldn't help but laughing. The owl shook his head.
"I told you."
"Touch me again and you'll feel worse pain," Sonic threatened as he proceeded to walk away. He was stopped by the panther and polecat. He glared at them, "Get out of my way."
"We can't do that," the polecat said, "You hurt one of us. We have to pay you back now.
"I don't think it's necessary," the owl said, "It's Yena's fault for attack-"
"Be quiet Low! We were assigned a mission from our boss," the panther explained, "He said to bring a blue hedgehog over. I don't know why, but it was his orders so…"
"Like I'd go with scum like you…" Sonic growled.
"Watch it. You're on our turf now," the polecat hissed.
The hyena stood up and glared at the hedgehog, "Get him."
Sonic groaned. They had no idea what they were messing with.
The panther and the polecat charged at him the same time, but Sonic timed his jump and managed to leap over them. He sped off in another direction.
"Don't just stand their you stupid felines! Go get him!" the hyena ordered.
The two felines gave chase to the hedgehog and were catching up. Sonic noticed this and cursed at Master Hand again. If he wasn't wearing high heels, he could easily outrun them.
Sonic didn't have a problem running away from them until the owl flew at him with a gun and started shooting at him.
"Hey! Using a gun is dangerous! Didn't your parents tell you never to point a gun at someone?"
"Shut up before I shoot you in the mouth."
As Sonic ran, he wondered where the police were.
They were probably getting donuts somewhere...stupid police dogs. Sonic thought bitterly to himself.
Soon the other predators got out their guns and started shooting at the hedgehog. One of the bullets hit Sonic in the back of his inured knee. This caused him to fall over in pain.
"Wow, Pan actually hit him," the polecat stated.
"I was going to hit something eventually," the panther said simply.
Sonic tried to move his leg, but it was practically paralyzed. The hedgehog panicked. If he couldn't move his leg then he stuck.
The predators caught up to him and grabbed him by the arm.
"Let go!" Sonic shouted.
The panther and the polecat did their best to restrain the blue hedgehog. Sonic's struggles were in vain.
"Mission complete," the hyena said, "Let's bring him back to the hideout."
"You still have to tell us why we need to capture a fag," the owl said.
Sonic flinched at that word again. Did he look so much like a gay that he was called it every time they got a chance to say it?
"Fine!" the hyena took a deep breathe before explaining to his comrades, "Boss got a call from someone telling him that if we captured a blue hedgehog then we would be rewarded with cash."
"How much?"
"In this village it would add up to 120000 Bells."
"That's a hell of a lot of money."
"Yeah. Wonder whose this rich."
Sonic had an idea who it might be.
"If the hedgehog resists, knock him out. We have to bring him unharmed," the hyena told them.
"He's already injured in the knee," the polecat announced.
"Fuck that weak injury. It won't kill him."
"Whatever you say."
Sonic began to shiver in fear. He couldn't fight back with an injured leg, arms behind his back and his predators with guns that could kill him instantly. For the first time in a while, he felt defeated.
Sonic ended up resisting the whole time forcing the panther to tie his hands behind his back. The hideout wasn't far but it took twenty whole minutes to get him back without shooting him. The owl was thinking of shooting him numerous times but held back for the prize.
"Boss, we're here and we got the hedgehog!" the hyena shouted.
The panther and polecat threw Sonic to the floor. The hedgehog groaned in pain. He couldn't get back to his feet with his injury and was forced to stay in that position.
"Now that there's light," the hyena began, "I can see what our captive looks like."
The hyena examined the hedgehog's face and grinned, "He is cute for a fag."
Sonic glared at the hyena. He was keeping track to how many times he was called that.
If I ever get out of this, I'm going to kick you guy's asses! Sonic thought to himself.
"He's even wearing a girl's underwear!" the polecat exclaimed as he lifted the dress up.
Sonic flinched. Did these guys have any manners whatsoever?
"Hurry up Boss!" the panther shouted.
"SHUT UP!"
The Boss emerged from his room with a chicken's head in one of his hands and a knife in another, "Can't even cut a nice chicken dinner properly without being interrupted."
"Isn't that your girlfriend?" the owl asked in a disgusted tone seeing one of his kind slaughtered.
"Ex. She was being a bitch, so I took a knife and killed her," the leader explained, "Oh, I got more information from the client, I could do anything I want with the captive."
"Keep away from me…" the owl mumbled.
"I won't kill any of my men Low. Trust me."
Sonic got a good look at the leader. He could see why he was leader. The reason why was because he was a lion of some sort. Lions were respected among the animal kingdom.
"Is that the hedgehog?" the leader asked.
"Yes Boss."
"Good job Yena, Low, Pan, and Po."
"P.C.! Po is for that retarded Teletubbie!" the polecat shouted.
"Whatever. Po is easy to memorize."
"P.C. sounds cooler."
"Like that stupid video game that allows you to raise monsters?"
"Pokémon is cool! Have you played Brawl recently?"
"No. You're forgetting that we don't have a Wii."
"Oh yeah…"
Sonic looked at them all disgusted. If they knew who he was then they would have wished that they ever messed with him.
"Calm down people! Let me have my fun!" the Boss exclaimed.
"Then take the knife out your hand! It makes it look like you want to eat me next!" Low complained.
The lion threw the knife behind him along with the head of the chicken. He then slammed the door behind him.
"Happy now?"
"Not really."
"Prick."
The Boss shifted his attention to the hedgehog who was shivering uncontrollably. He grinned evilly revealing his sharp teeth, "Oh, I'm going to have fun with this guy."
Sonic couldn't help but be frightened. He tried to fight the fear of not being able to fight back. It didn't work. He hated being tied down like this.
The blue hedgehog felt his hat being pulled off of him, He then felt being forced on his front. The Boss revealed his sharp claws and pointed it at the bottom of the dress, "This won't take long."
"What are we going to do Boss?" Yena questioned, "I want in on some of the action too!"
"You can guard the outside and watch from a distance. This one's mine."
"When we captured him for you…"
"Did you say something?"
"I said-"
Low covered Yena's mouth with his talon preventing him from speaking, "He said nothing. Let's get out of here."
The owl forced the hyena out the door. The polecat complained about missing out on the action resulting in the panther dragging him out of the hideout.
Once all four of them were gone, the lion used his sharp claws to tear the dress down in the middle resulting in Sonic letting out a low yelp. He decided to be creative with tearing the dress and tore bits of it on the side.
"Now you look better," the Boss said.
Sonic felt the advancement from the dress to his thighs. He did the only thing he could do. He kicked with them, It managed to hit the Boss in the nose infuriating him. The last thing Sonic needed to happen in this type of situation.
"Feisty are you? I guess I have to tame you…"
The Boss placed his entire body above the hedgehog preventing him from fighting back. Sonic couldn't do anything but scream for help now which was the last thing he didn't want to do. If anyone heard him, he would feel worse being saved.
"No one will help you…"
Sonic's brain seemed to have froze when the lion leaned in and planted his lips on his own. He felt that tongue invading his mouth and it disgusted him greatly. Not only was it the tongue of a total stranger, but it was his first kiss. And he hated it when they pulled apart.
The Boss proceeded to biting the hedgehog in the shoulder. It hurt like hell. Blood was dripping from his shoulder down to the cold floor. The Boss liked it much. He went as far as licking it.
Sonic felt so much pain after a lot of bites, nibbles and thrusting. He had never been disgusted in his entire life. So disgusted that he hated himself for allowing it to happen. So disappointed with himself that he lost the will to fight back even when the lion left himself wide open for a counter attack.
"Taming you wasn't so hard after all…"
Shut up. Sonic thought to himself. Just shut up and leave me alone.
The hedgehog could feel the tears starting to emerge from his eyes. He held them in this entire time. He would NOT cry in front of anyone! Tears were a sign of weakness and he would never show them to a total stranger especially a rapist.
"Cry for me and only me. No one will see anything…"
Sonic wanted to pass out. Forget the pain and all the things that happened to him. Just fall into the darkness…
Knuckles…
The echidna was the last person Sonic wanted to see before he past out. He surprisingly got his wish because someone busted through the door of the hideout holding the bloody feathers of the owl.
The Boss stopped all of his actions and glared at the intruder, "Who are you, and where are my servants?"
"If you're wondering where they are, they're dead. I killed them all," Knuckles said in a dangerous tone.
Sonic had never heard him use that tone of voice before beside the first time they met. They didn't know each other well, so it was only natural. Now they were friendly rivals. Seeing Knuckles this angry scared him but not as much as being violated.
"Get you fucking hands off of him…" Knuckles threatened as he clenched his fist in rage. Blood dripped from the spikes on his knuckles that mixed with the blood of the dead animals outside.
"Oh, so you must be the boyfriend of this faggot," the Boss said with an evil laugh, "You're too late. I've already claimed him."
If you thought Knuckles would snap after hearing that, you guessed correctly. Knuckles didn't even give another warning as he rushed toward the lion and punched him off of Sonic sending him flying through the room and into the next room where the dead chicken body was.
Sonic couldn't tell what was happening but he could hear the exchange in blows in the next room. He knew that Knuckles was winning somehow.
After five minutes of the fighting, it stopped suddenly. Sonic wondered who won. The winner came back through the door covered in the other's blood.
"Knuckles…you saved me…" Sonic managed to cry out. His vocal cords were all messed up from the continuous kisses and the lack of oxygen.
Knuckles turned to Sonic and said nothing. He bent down to untie the ropes that were preventing Sonic from moving his hands. Normally Knuckles would brag when he saved Sonic from something, but he didn't say anything to him now.
"Knuckles…I…"
"Can't you protect yourself for a change?" Knuckles asked him harshly.
The joy of the red echidna coming to his rescue vanquished just like that. It became apparent that Knuckles didn't even want to rescue the hedgehog but if he didn't, he would never hear the end of it from everyone else that was worried about him.
"I swear, you are useless at times…"
"Knuckles…"
"The next time you get raped, make sure to put a fight. It's annoying seeing you become the next Princess Peach."
The harsh words that came out of the echidna's mouth was too much for Sonic. He couldn't help but let the tears flow down his cheek. This shocked Knuckles, but he didn't show it.
"I'm sorry Knuckles…" he sobbed, "If I wasn't wearing this then maybe…"
"It's your own damn fault that you're wearing it."
"…I know. It's my fault for everything…"
"You bet it is. I would have been better off protecting the Master Emerald from Eggman today then search for you."
Knuckles truly regretted saying those words. He glanced to see his rival broken. The faint smile he saw when he was rescued was gone. It was replaced with a sad smile that could have broken anyone's heart. His tears didn't stop flowing either.
"I'm sorry…I'm sorry…I'm sorry…" Sonic repeated. There was nothing else he could say. He fainted shortly afterwards.
Pit couldn't help but feel sorry for Sonic as he watched him break down in front of him. If anyone else saw him like this, they would pity him. Not Pit. He was too nice to even pity someone.
"Knuckles hates me now…that's why he…"
"Knuckles doesn't hate you," Pit said in a low tone. However, in the back of his mind, he didn't believe his own words.
"He does hate me! That's why he's been avoiding me this whole week!"
"But you-"
"I may have locked the door and prevented people from talking to me, but not once did he come by to talk to me!"
"Sonic please-"
"He thinks I'm too dirty for him now…I'm useless to him…"
"SONIC!"
The angel would have slapped the hedgehog if he didn't see the sudden fear in the hedgehog's eyes after he raised his voice.
"Listen to yourself Sonic. Would Knuckles think of you as useless and dirty?"
"He told me…that…"
"Did he really mean it?"
"…I don't know…"
Pit sighed, "You jump to conclusion about his feelings toward you. But let me tell you this Sonic. He doesn't hate you. No one can hate you. If you didn't tell me that those guys were killed, then Ash, Ike, and I would have taught them a lesson in not to mess with one of us."
Sonic looked into the angel's sincere eyes. Whenever he looked at Pit, he always gained a courage of some sort that he didn't have. This would make him take more risks than he ever did before. He didn't know why.
"I'm sorry Pit…"
"For what?"
"For…kicking you and Ash out of the room…it's our room yet I treated it like it was mine alone."
"It's okay. You were upset."
"And I still am. I don't know how everyone will see me now…"
"They won't hate you."
"I'm probably a laughing stock to the others."
"Please don't go all emo on me. It does not suit you. It matches that guy from Final Fantasy VII. What was his name...Cloud!"
"That's harsh."
"It's true though, and Ash has already had enough of that type of personality. We want the old Sonic back today."
The hedgehog shook his head, "He's long gone. I can't get over that event."
"The scars on your body might never go away," Pit began, "But the wounds in your heart will heal. You have friends that can help you. Heck, you have me, Ash, Ike and the other Smashers. With us by your side, you can pull through this."
Pit had to curse himself for saying that though. In reality, it was the other way around. Scars on the body healed but the wounds in your heart might be with you for the rest of your life. However, if he wanted to cheer his friend up and pull him out of despair, he would have to lie for his sake, and sadly it was working.
"Pit…"
"And if Knucklehead won't help then Ash and I will have to beat some sense into him."
At the mention of Knuckles' nickname, Sonic couldn't help but laugh quietly to himself. He could actually picture Knuckles not wanting to help as usual and his friends beating him up.
"You finally laughed," Pit stated the obvious.
"I'm not laughing…I'm just thinking…"
"Of Knuckles? Don't worry. I'll make sure you guys will be back to normal soon. You can count on it."
Pit rarely broke promises to his friends. Sonic would usually tell him not to say promises that he couldn't keep. Sonic thought that the angel would break this promise, but the determined look in his eyes proved that he was telling the truth.
"I trust you."
"Great!" Pit cheered as he jumped on the bed. The hedgehog ended up bumping his head on his pillow.
"You seem more lively than usual…" Sonic said sarcastically.
"I'm just glad you're back to normal…sort of. Now all you got to do is dry those tears."
Sonic realized that he was still crying. He quickly wiped the tears away. His red eyes wouldn't go away for another hour but at least he stopped.
"You really know how to cheer someone up," Sonic complimented, "Even after a traumatizing event…"
"It's an angel's job to make everyone happy!" Pit told him. This was a lie that the angel did not mean to tell.
"I guess you're right. That's why they watch us in heaven with God."
Pit avoided eye contact with Sonic. Angels may watch people in heaven, but they were the same as humans. He unconsciously clenched his fists thinking about heaven.
They're liars. Pit told himself. All of them except Lady Palutena, the royal bodyguards…and…
"Pit!"
The angel snapped out of his thoughts, "Yes?"
"Don't zone out like that. You'll be the next target if you act that innocent."
Pit wanted to say something just as sarcastic like "You should talk." He kept quiet in order to keep Sonic from falling into depression
"By the way…" Sonic continued. He jumped off the bed and opened Pit's wardrobe revealing his stack of clothes, "Where did your yellow tunic go?"
"Someone stole it."
"Now I can see why you needed to come in."
"That's not it!"
"I know."
"Just open the window and let me fly out. There's someone else I need to talk to now."
"You're in a hurry…"
Sonic ran over to the window and opened it. Air came into the hot room pleasing the angel. He spread his wings and proceeded to jump but not before telling Sonic, "You're off your punishment today. Master Hand said that you can take off those clothes now."
"He won't yell at me?"
"He wouldn't want you to be embarrassed any further."
Pit flew off toward the bottom of the mansion. Sonic watched him leave and smile.
"Thank you Pit. You did something that no one else could do."
Everyone noticed Pit's change in mood after his talk with Sonic and it was a good thing. Now they didn't have to worry about the angel self-destructing in front of them. His good mood also meant that Sonic was okay. Now Ash could go back into his room and scold Sonic for many things. Pit warned him not to say anything about the incident last week as the mention of that could bring him back into the mood of depression again.
Lucas mumbled something about not having Ash in his room to bug him. It was obvious that the blonde fully recovered from Ness' disappearance or so everyone thought.
The angel was kind of sad though. He couldn't stay in Ike's room now that Sonic allowed him back in. Olimar was pleased to see Pit give back his room. The blue haired swordsman showed no emotion of him leaving to go back to his room, but deep down he was upset.
"Next time you come," Olimar began, "You can get laid with Ike!"
Ike was thankful that Pit didn't hear the spacemen. Once Pit was gone, he stepped on Olimar and killed his six Pikmin that didn't deserve to die.
"Say that again and I'll do worse than just step on you."
"Pikmin…" Olimar responded to his dead friends that ascended into Heaven without him again.
When Pit headed back to the room, he saw a note attached to the door. He froze. He thought it was another note from the stalker, but it wasn't since there was no black rose attached to it. He grabbed the note and read it to himself.
Meet me at the top of the mansion at 12:00 AM. There we will settle our differences. Bring anyone else and I'll kill you instantly.
There was no signature on it, but Pit knew who could write something like this.
"I guess Fox is still mad at me," Pit said out loud, "This is my chance to reason with him."
Unknown to him, Meta Knight and Kirby overheard the angel. The two Star Warriors planned to protect the angel from Fox no matter what. That was the whole reason of the training in Kirby's POV while in Meta Knight's, it was to protect not only Pit but Kirby as well from a Smasher that would resort to violence or the stalker.
Pit focused on one thing after the invitation to a duel and that was to find out what happened from Knuckles himself. However, he was nowhere to be found. The angel went to Shadow for the echidna's whereabouts.
"Everyone's not coming back to the mansion for a while," Shadow explained, "Master Hand kicked them all out because he thinks it's their fault for letting Sonic run off."
"But it's not their fault."
"Its Knuckles' fault. Because of him, I can't talk to Cream."
Pit was confused, "The rabbit?"
"Yes the rabbit that actually cares about everyone's wellbeing."
"You like her?"
"No, she just reminds me of someone a long time ago…"
"Oh…" Pit thought for a moment who Shadow could possibly like and the only person that came to mind was Lyndis, the green haired swordsmaster. "Then you like Lyn-"
"Instead of talking about my life, you should be worried about Sonic." Shadow interrupted almost instantly.
"Sonic is out of his depressed state, and now he needs to pick up the pieces slowly. I just wanted to ask you what truly happened."
Shadow frowned. Then again, he was always frowning about something. "Fine."
Shadow only appeared a little after Sonic fainted. He saw the dead animals in front of the hideout. It was then did he knew that Knuckles killed them.
"And I thought I was violent," Shadow said to no one in particular.
Knuckles heard him though. He came out of the hideout covered in blood. Sonic was in his arms unconscious.
"Cream must have changed you," Knuckles told him harshly.
"Hmph. What happened to him?"
"Does his appearance tell you anything?"
Shadow gave him a long stare telling him, "Of course I don't know. I'm not part of the main community, remember?"
"I take that as a no."
"Did you do this to him?"
"No!"
There was silence between the two before the echidna answered, "His psychical state no, but his mental state yes."
Shadow got into his fighting pose, "So you did hurt him."
Knuckles sighed, "You really don't know the types of sexual assault, do you?"
"And what if I don't?"
"Talk to Silver about all the sexual harassments. At least he knows something that the Ultimate Life Form doesn't."
"Are you mocking me?"
"Despite being serious, you don't know much about life. Cream's the same way though, so I'll leave it at that."
Shadow wanted to say something but shut his mouth. He couldn't come up with a sarcastic comeback when he didn't know what happened to Sonic and what Knuckles was talking about. He just threw a towel at him telling him to wipe the blood off of his body.
"I think you should take us back now."
"I'm on it. Chaos Control!"
Shadow got out a Chaos Emerald and teleported them away back to the mansion.
"That's what happened."
Pit was silent. Shadow gave him a confused look, "What?"
"You don't know what rape is?"
There was an awkward pause between the two. The angel took the silence as a "no" answer.
"You should ask someone else. An angel like me shouldn't be explaining the darkest side of humanity."
"Darkest side?"
Shadow noticed that the angel's personality suddenly becoming grim. He thought that Pit was turning into the devil for a moment but the angelic side returned quickly.
"Ask Dr. Wright or Lyn. They're the smart assist trophies. I'm sure they'll tell you."
"You make it seem like I'm dumb…"
"Only when you don't understand earth's customs."
Shadow groaned as he sped away toward the part of the mansion where all the assist trophies lived. The mansion is divided into two main parts. One where all the Smashers lived and another where the assist trophies and Pokémon live. The assist trophies had it easier because most of them get along mainly because most of them don't talk like the Nintendog. The human assist trophies and Shadow were probably the only ones that are worth speaking to since they have a lot of knowledge. (Waluigi does not count as an intelligent person by the way).
"I hope I didn't give that side of me away…" Pit mumbled as he walked in the other direction.
That night things went back to normal for Pit, Ash and Sonic. All three of them were speaking to each other again and were planning another prank to Pit's dismay. By then, Sonic already took off his dress and replaced the high heels with his red running shoes.
"We should get back at Master Hand for these punishment," Ash stated, "I can't stand this harsh training lesson!"
"It's good for you though," Pit told him.
"Be quiet Pit. You got off the hook thanks to someone."
"I didn't ask for it though."
"-red vein- Secret admirer…"
"Who do you have to fight next?"
"After fighting Yoshi today, I'm suppose to fight the Mario brothers tomorrow. I'm screwed…"
"Just use Squirtle. It's water gun will beat the fireballs," Pit said sarcastically.
"Squirtle won't last long against those two. I'll have to be using Ivysaur and Charizard for the majority of the battle. Ivysaur is weak against fire and Charizard is weak against that water pump Mario has…"
"Did you ever consider that your Pokémon built up stamina the past week?"
"…No."
"Idiot," Sonic said.
"Hey! I can speak for longer periods of time. Does that count as something good?"
"No," Pit and Sonic said at the same time.
"You guys suck."
"What time is it?"
"Time for you to…oh yeah! The clock was stolen."
"It's almost midnight," Ash answered.
"Oh no…"
"Meeting Ike tonight?"
Pit blushed at Ash's comment, "N-No! Someone just told me to m-meet them."
"Secret admirer."
"You wish."
"You're more popular than Ash, so it's only natural," Sonic stated.
"Fuck you both!"
"Anyway, I don't need you guys following me. This is my private time."
Ash and Sonic gave Pit that look and waved their hands in the air telling him that they understood what he was talking about but they weren't listening.
"See ya!"
Pit used the window to fly to the top of the mansion. Only a selected few can visit the top of the mansion and it was technically people who could fly. However, the Ice Climbers showed that they could make it to the top by scaling the mansion.
The angel waited for five minutes and no one came. He sighed, "It's a prank after all."
When Pit felt a gun pointed at his head he knew he spoke too soon.
"Couldn't we just talk about this peacefully?" Pit asked innocently.
"Drop the innocent act. I know you know more then you let on," said the voice.
Pit jumped back from the gun, "Come on Fox! This is so unlike you! You were never this impulsive."
"And you've never hid information from the rest of us," Fox told him.
The angel innocent act was slowly falling. He remembered the night when Mario accused him of knowing more than he let on as well. Didn't anyone trust him?
"Why won't you trust me?" Pit questioned.
"Because I know from experience if someone is lying or not," Fox answered, "Falco is one of the people whose better at hiding stuff than you."
"So this whole thing is about Falco? I told you that I don't who took him!"
"It's not about Falco!" Fox shouted, "It's about you and that innocent act!"
"What innocent act?"
"What you're doing now! Angels live longer than the average human, so you would expect them to know more than they let on! Only a observant person could see through you. Everyone else is just blinded by your angel wings and stupid smile. Let me tell you Pit, it won't work on me!"
Fox noticed that his prediction was correct. The happy side of the angel was fading and being replaced with a dark side he had never seen before. Nobody has seen this dark side and that's only because he's an angel and nobody would accuse him for doing something.
"Why," Pit began, "Why doesn't anyone trust me? I've been telling the truth this whole time yet because of all of the threats address to me, you think I'm part of this whole scam? Well let me tell you something Fox: I am not part of this and I don't know who is doing this. If you keep accusing me, I'll…"
Pit couldn't finish his threat because he realized that he was letting his anger out. This was what Fox wanted him to do. He wouldn't play his game.
"Or you'll what?"
Pit said nothing, "I'm not that good at threatening so I really can't do anything…"
Fox groaned. The angel was going back to his angelic personality. If he did then that would make things a whole lot harder. Pit had this charm that allowed him to get along with anyone. Even those who seem to hate everything in the world. The charm was slowly affecting him and if it did, then Fox would lose all motivation to ask him questions. He knew that his rival Wolf would have did the same thing that he was doing now if the angel didn't affect him with his charm the night Falco disappeared.
"Dammit Pit…"
"I really don't know anything," Pit told him, "If I did, I would have told someone…like Ike or Ash and Sonic…"
That part was true in Fox's POV. Pit usually told his friends everything. He never kept secrets from anyone especially those close to him, but somehow Fox knew that Pit was lying to him about something that would be considered true.
"I guess I'm really going to have to knock some sense into you," Fox said as he pointed the gun toward Pit, "This was my last resort, but you won't speak the truth, then I must."
Pit looked at Fox sadly. No matter what he said, he wouldn't be able to convince him. He laughed to himself thinking that this was the first time that someone saw through him. He wished it was Ike that saw through the facade he wore everyday.
"Go ahead and shoot me," Pit began, "It makes you look like the bad guy either way."
Fox glared at the angel. It was true. Almost everybody took Pit's side to something. Whoever was against him would usually be laughed at for suspecting an innocent angel for doing something. He wished that everyone could see that the angel was not as innocent as he seemed.
"Stop right there!"
Pit and Fox looked up. Meta Knight was on the spiky thing (whatever the hell that thing is) of the mansion. His cape made him look more mysterious in the moonlight.
Kirby was at the door looking rather annoyed at Meta Knight's usual appearance, "Stop trying to make yourself taller. You're not Tuxedo Mask, poyo!"
Meta Knight dropped down next to the pink puffball and glared at him. "I'd like to see you do that."
"I'm not cool like you, poyo!"
Why didn't he try being Batman? Pit had to ask himself. Everybody loves Batman.
Fox glared at the two Star Warriors and then back at Pit, "Didn't I tell you not to bring anyone."
"I didn't know they would come! I thought Sonic and Ash would!" Pit shouted.
"You couldn't have figured out that we were watching you," Meta Knight began, "We just happen to hear you talk about a meeting with Fox at midnight."
"That's why you should never talk to yourself out loud," Kirby added with a grin.
Pit avoided eye contact with them. He really thought no one was listening.
Fox sighed. There was no way he could get anything about of him tonight, "I give up. You're impossible."
Pit glared at the fox, "I'm telling the truth dammit…whoops!"
The angel didn't mean to curse. When he curses though, he usually was lying. Fox and Meta Knight knew that he was lying the whole time. Kirby was just shocked at the harsh language.
"Now do you believe me?" Fox asked the Star Warrior.
"I…"
Pit suddenly felt a dark presence approaching. It was the stalker. The angel proceeded to take off when a dark beam almost hit him head on. If it weren't for his quick reflexes, he would have been a trophy.
"I missed."
The stalker made his appearance where Meta Knight made his.
"Oh well. I won't miss this time."
The Smashers got their weapons out (Kirby his sword) and were prepared for a three on one battle. Pit was ready to take flight and flee the mansion.
"So we finally meet face to face," Meta Knight began.
The stalker was still wearing that cloak to hide his identity.
"You better explain why you didn't attack that whole week," Fox said in a low tone, "We were all vulnerable at the time."
The stalker grinned behind the cloak, "That's because I was watching the events fold. It was great seeing that those animals were able to complete their mission."
Pit turned toward the stalker, "Wait. Does that mean you?"
"Yes, I ordered those animals to attack Sonic. I wanted to see what it would be like to witness an annoying hero like him fall apart. Let me tell you that I enjoyed it very much until the angel cheered him up. Now I'm attacking again for that reason."
Pit got his bow out and aimed it at the cloaked figure, "How dare you do that to Sonic! I will never forgive you!"
"I'm not the one who raped him boy, so I technically did nothing to him. It was his fault though for running off on his own though. All because he's a faggot."
"Don't talk smack about him you bastard!" Pit cursed. He let that last word slide by accident when he fired the arrow.
The cloaked figure dodged with ease and sighed, "You get mad over something like this and you'll become a devil."
"Shit…"
Fox and Meta Knight noticed that the innocent side of Pit was gone. He was going to stay and fight the stalker. It wasn't a good thing though. That was what the cloaked figure wanted.
"Great. I can get three trophies tonight and finish what I started last week."
"We're not going down easily, poyo!" Kirby announced.
Meta Knight wished that Kirby remained quiet. He did not want Kirby to become the next victim.
"I'll start with you," the stalker said as he faced Kirby. At such speed he fired the dark beam at the puffball. Meta Knight saw this though and grabbed Kirby and disappeared with dimensional cape. The blast almost hit Pit again.
Meta Knight and Kirby came out unscratched.
"Don't attract attention to yourself," Meta Knight warned.
"Poyo…"
The stalker was so busy facing the Star Warriors that he let his guard down when Fox attacked him from behind. Fox managed to kick him the back and knock him down. Meta Knight proceeded to follow up with an attack but the cloaked figure dodged at the last second.
"This is annoying…" the stalker mumbled, "I can't fight you all at once. Might as well finish things quickly.
The cloaked figure got out the smart bomb. Everyone froze.
"Yes on the battlefield, it's annoying but fun to watch just stand there and get blown up themselves," the stalker began, "But outside, it's deadly like everything else"
"Wait, you're not planning to blow everyone up?" Fox questioned. His friend Slippy invented the smart bomb so he knew how catastrophic the bomb could be if handled by some reckless fool.
"Yeah. But it's worth it if I can get away with the damage."
"You-"
The cloaked figure threw the smart bomb at the ground and it exploded.
"Everyone get away!" Meta Knight warned.
It was too late for that. The explosion engulfed everyone sending them flying in other directions. Meta Knight caught Kirby below he flew off in one direction. Pit and Fox flew in another direction surprisingly. The stalker seemed unaffected by the explosion and aimed his dark beam at the angel and fox. Fox saw this from far away and pushed Pit out of the way when it was fired. The beam engulfed Fox in it. Pit watched in horror as he witnessed Fox turn into a trophy. When the dark beam was gone, Fox was nothing but a trophy. His gun was the only thing that didn't become part of the trophy. The angel reached for the trophy and the gun and was almost hit by the dark beam in the process.
Before he knew it, the stalker leaped over to Pit and was ready to attack again.
"Game over Pit."
Pit reacted fast before the dark beam was fired. He attacked the cloaked figure with a swift kick forcing him backwards. The dark beam hit Pit in the wings. The angel felt the pain of the beam. When the beam disappeared, he was surprised to see his wings turned to stone. He couldn't fly if his wings were petrified.
"You can't be serious!" Pit screamed as he fell toward the earth.
The cloaked figure managed to stay above ground with a weird method of flying. It became obvious that his dark powers were allowing him to float. He watched as Pit fell.
"Hope he has a nice landing," the stalker said sarcastically as he floated back to the mansion ready to hide from the damage and attack. Why he didn't go after Pit and the Fox trophy was a mystery.
Pit tried to get his wings to move, but it was impossible. As he continued to fall he thought about the time he couldn't fly at one point.
Now I know how those angels felt when Medusa petrified them.
He shut his eyes as he fell to the ground. He was prepared to die.
But I have Fox with me though. I can't let him die!
Pit decided to use Fox's gun to reduce the damage from the fall. He wished it was as strong as Falco's or Wolf's gun though. The gun wasn't strong enough to reduce the fall greatly. The angel switched strategies and got out his bow and aimed it at the ground. The arrow had so much force that he could create an explosion, but it wasn't as big as the smart bomb though. Pit landed on the ground hard with the Fox trophy and gun next to him.
I should have put more power into that arrow. Pit told himself.
The angel paid the price and slipped into unconsciousness. That would have been bad if the place he landed in was a safe place.
Pit landed in a forest surrounded by familiar creatures. They ranged from purple rats to green caterpillars.
Someone was hiding behind the pushes due to the explosion. The person was a kid around he age of fourteen which was the same age as Ash. He had brown hair and wore a white lab coat. There was something black behind him that looked like a Pokémon.
"What is that thing Umbreon?" The person asked.
Umbreon went out of the pushes and examined the explosion. It was then when it saw the injured angel with the Fox trophy and gun next to him.
"Breon!"
"Is it a person?" the trainer asked.
Umbreon nodded his head. The Pokémon Trainer slowly made his way out of the pushes and saw the injured angel. He ran over to Pit and examined his pulse.
"He's still alive," he stated, "But he doesn't look like he's around here. It's almost like he's…"
The Pokémon made a noise that warned the Pokémon Trainer that someone was coming.
"Not them again! Umbreon, help me carry this guy!"
The Pokemon really didn't help. It just grabbed the trophy in its mouth. The Pokemon Trainer had to carry the angel on his back. The angel wasn't really that heavy. His wings just made it difficult to carry him. He put the gun in his lab pocket.
"Lead the way Umbreon."
The Pokémon led him through the forest and away from the people that were chasing him.
Me: TBC with 10490 words. Notes!
1. In the anime Hoshi No Kabii, Meta Knight has this tendency of appearing on tall structures to make him look taller than he appears to be. However, when he jumps down, there is always that awkward silence because of being the same size as Kirby. If you ask me, I think Meta Knight is copying all the mysterious characters that are in other animes like Tuxedo Mask from Sailor Moon. I don't mean it in the bad way. It's always a good laugh for someone the same height as Kirby trying something like that.
Yohko: Anything else you have to say?
Me: You people probably know who the person who rescued Pit is if you watch the Pokemon anime. He's Satoshi's rival. Oh! Be ready for a lot of Japanese Pokemon names that will confuse you unless you look at it on Wikipedia. Anyway, please review. Ja ne! Got to play Brawl now!
Yohko: You wanted to say something, did you?
Me: Yes…but it's rambling. Oh well! I was playing Pit on Castle Siege stage against Ash, Sonic and Ike on LV 9 and let me tell you: Ash is crazy! He just kept going after me like their was no tomorrow. Ike didn't even go after me. He went after Sonic and I thought he was still mad at Sonic not being able to protect Pit. -hint- Still, Ash kept sending Squirtle to attack with his Final Smash. I thought I was going to lose. Here were the results.
4th place was Ike. (Poor guy kept getting out when he fought against Sonic.)
3rd place was Ash (I really thought I was going to lose to him.)
2nd place was Sonic (Not the hardest person to beat when he was already on a high percentage.)
1st place was Pit (me)
It was a five stock match and I was at my last life…I really need to train for the Wii Fi. Anyway I'm done rambling.
When I read these stock battles, nostalgia comes back to me I swear. But I realized that I failed sex eduction forever when I looked back at what Pit did to Sonic. So...I realized that scars heal most of the time but you'll remember incidents like these forever unless you get amnesia. Regardless, you can't heal someone in a week. Pit knows this very well but he's already at the point where if he didn't get back in his room, he would forget that info and he technically does when trying to cheer Sonic up. The encouraging words only allows Sonic to slowly recover, but not to the complete extent. This is what I forgot to mention when I first written this.
I'm adding more hints about the royal bodyguards now before Pit talks about them later, and because I changed the pairings for the characters at this point of time, I made it seem like Shadow liked Cream (which is gross BTW because of the whole age difference) so I switched it to Shadow liking Lyn and it was apparently obvious at the beginning even though I made it obvious that Shadow cared for her in chapter 23.