The Demon Within
Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers Brawl or any of the characters. I only own Sun-Wong, Isaak, Himeno, Roger, Aqua, Mcenche, and Pepper. Zelina belongs to Zelina56, Serenade and Abbigale are mine. I do not own the lyrics to Untitled by Simple Plan either.
Summary: All is not going well at Smash Brothers Mansion. Ike is in critical condition, Lucas, Shadow, Stafy and Olimar are missing, Lyn is in a comma and Dr. Mario can't figure out what's wrong with either Pit or Sonic. One thing is for sure though. The darkness is eating at Pit's heart and it won't take him long for him to snap.
Me: Okay, this starts the beginning of the end…well…chapter 22 was the beginning of the end, but now there will be less humor if I can help it. Only the royal bodyguards will be crazy like they always are. When I was typing this chapter, I was listening to Animal I Have Become by Three Day Grace. It will match the pain that Pit is going to go through for six chapters with shocking results. Be amazed by this chapter and enjoy, nippah!
Chapter 25: The Demon Within
Lucario and Wolf's group arrived at Smash Brothers Mansion at the same time with their injured patients. They all instantly rushed toward the infirmary and requested Dr. Mario's assistances.
"Please start with Ike. He'll die if we don't stop the bleeding," Marth pleaded.
Dr. Mario nodded his head in agreement. With Gary and Peach (wearing her white gown), the trio got to work with taking care of everyone. They forced the Smashers that weren't injured out of the room. Even Ash who was still recovery was kicked out in order to not distract his boyfriend. Toon Link ran off to announce it to everyone. Wolf wanted to strangle the little Link. Telling everyone about one of their own getting injured would cause more harm than anything else.
Soon all of those Smashers that didn't disappear were gathered. Ash noticed that Lucas and Olimar were no longer presence. He clutched his fist in anger. The two Smashers must have been taken when they weren't looking.
Kirby was probably the only one crying. He searched for comfort from Meta Knight. The Star Warrior was not good at comforting the pink puffball, but he made an attempt.
Yoshi ran circles around DK who saw the sorrowful look on Mario.
Mewtwo was having a conversation with Lucario and Wolf asking what the situation was. As they told the psychic Pokémon what happened, Samus allowed Captain Falcon to hold her close for this once. This didn't seem to upset Snake at all as he was too busy making sure Link wouldn't break down in front of everyone. He wouldn't allow Ganondorf to even go near him.
Toon Link would have gone crazy if Marth didn't calm him. R.O.B. allowed the older Pichu brother and Jigglypuff to rest on his head as the two Pokémon hugged each other for support. Mr. Game and Watch tried his best not to beep at all.
As for Ash, he struck a conversation with Roy. He instantly noticed that there was something wrong with the red haired swordsmen but didn't cause a scene. He decided that it was already bad enough that all of his friends were behind the doors of death and that one more Smasher behind that door was enough. Pikachu clung to Roy's shirt and let some tears slide. Roy embraced the yellow Pokémon.
No one noticed that Luigi or rather Mr. L was standing a far distance from the rest of the group and grinning evilly. All was going according to plan. It won't be long before every single one of them tasted fear.
Seconds seemed like minutes. Minutes seemed like hours. Hours seemed like days until the red light finally disappeared. Everyone got their hopes up as Peach walked out of the infirmary completely worn out. Mario ran to her and caught her when she collapsed.
"What happened Peach?" he asked in a worried tone.
Peach frowned as she tried to stand up with Mario supporting. Her once she was on her feet again she explained the situation.
"Ike has escape the critical condition. He'll live," she told them.
There were some cheers from a few of the Smashers, but she wasn't done yet.
"And Fox will be completely fine…but…the black feather affect…it turned him back…"
Wolf frowned. That meant that Fox can only use the black feather one more time before he disappeared into nothingness.
"What about Pit and Sonic?" Satoshi questioned.
Peach frowned, "I'm sorry."
Ash's eyes widened in horror, "No…they can't be."
"They're not dead. We can't find out what's wrong with them," Peach said sadly.
"Please, let me see them! I got to know if they're okay!"
The princess of the Mushroom Kingdom took one look at the Pokémon Trainer's facial expression and shook her head, "Sonic's in that capsule again. Dr. Mario won't allow any visitors. And Pit…"
"Please princess! They're my closest friends and I can't allow them to die! Please!"
Peach sighed in defeat, "Okay. You can only see Pit. Sonic is out of the question."
Ash gave a faint smile as Peach allowed him through the doors. He gasped. There was so much blood on Ike's bed. The mercenary didn't look good despite those bandages wrapped around him. Fox was being taken care of by Gary. As for Pit, he was still unconscious. The Pokémon Trainer walked toward him and went on his knees.
"I'm sorry for being a horrible friend Pit," Ash told him, "If I'd have known that you were going to be attacked on your date, I would have…"
Yes Ash was fully aware of Pit dating Ike and Sonic dating Fox. He got the information from Peach who was going around telling all that were close to the four of where they went and what they were doing. Now he wanted to spy on Pit and Ike more than Sonic and Fox because Pit would lash out at him as Sonic was more passive now and wouldn't take it that well. He didn't mind that someone with a huge age difference was going out with Sonic though. Fox and Sonic were a perfect match.
Ash felt Pit shuffle in his sleep. The angel groaned in pain but it was quickly silenced.
"Pit, don't give up," Ash told him with a yawn. Before he knew it, he fell asleep on top of the angel.
Gary noticed that his boyfriend dozed off. He smiled faintly as he took a blanket from one of the empty beds and threw it on Ash's back.
"I wouldn't want you to catch a cold, would I?" Gary asked the sleeping trainer before he turned to Dr. Mario. Both nodded their head in agreement. They left the room telling everyone outside to leave as well.
Pit woke up in a familiar darkness. He looked around and saw nothing but black. He quickly realized that he was in that nightmare when everything started to go wrong. The only difference was the black void was even bigger and it wasn't Li's voice he was hearing. No. It was a voice so dark. So malicious. So familiar.
"I see you made it back to where it all started," said the voice, "And now you won't be able to get out of it."
"Who are you?" Pit questioned angrily as he got out his Scared Bow.
"Someone that will always be with you. Now Pit my angel, join the dark side and let me claim your body."
"Hell no! Why would I do something as stupid as that?"
"Will you have a choice?"
Pit felt his body freezing. He couldn't move it at all. He saw a figure in the darkness and it was walking closer to him. His face was still covered in shadow.
"Let me go you…you…monster!"
"That's not nice Pit especially when the only monster here is you."
"W-What?"
"You are an Amail, an unwanted species by all. Those who find out will shun you completely."
"No!"
"Face it Pit, when they find out about having human and demon blood in your veins beside angel blood, you will be despised for what you are."
"Shut up!"
"And only if you bring that hedgehog to me will you not have to face that."
"NO!"
Pit felt the figure directly in front of him now. He screamed in pain as a hand touched his chest which was where his heart was.
"You will obey me…"
With that Pit let out a harsh cry which no one could hear since it was his dream and there was no one miles around.
Pit shot up from his sleep gasping for air. He tried to calm himself down but it was impossible. The dream was foreshadowing an event that was going to happen and he couldn't do anything to stop it.
Dammit all. Pit cursed to himself. Why did I have to be born a 1/3?
The angel looked at his surroundings. It was dark but that was because morning was coming. He still remember the night before when Li attacked him and Ike. Maybe that was why he was having fucked up dreams.
Pit looked down at the floor and couldn't help but laugh. He pushed Ash off of him and he still didn't wake him up. The Pokémon Trainer was a heavy sleeper. He was surprised that he wasn't talking in his sleep this time.
He must have been really worried…about me… Pit thought to himself. He frowned. Would Ash still sleep by his side if he found out what he was? He probably wouldn't like everyone else.
:Get the blue hedgehog now:
The voice made Pit's eyes widen. He suddenly felt himself get out of the bed and slowly walk over to the secret room.
W-What's going on?
Pit already knew the answer. That voice in his dreams was doing this to him. It infuriated him that he couldn't do anything as of yet. He tried with all of his strength to gain control of his legs at the very least, but no prevail. With his strength though, he regained his eye sight because he felt them becoming blank.
He slowly made it downstairs and saw Sonic. He felt the darkness in him grow like crazy. Pit wanted to warn the blue hedgehog to look out and run away, but he didn't have to. Sonic was already awake and speaking to Fox and Hoshi-Tsuki.
"Sonic, why aren't you going to sleep?" Fox questioned.
"Because I can't anymore…" he answered.
The leader of Star Fox was confused, "Why not?"
"I just can't…" Sonic mumbled. Pit saw that tears were falling down the hedgehog's cheek.
"When did you get insomnia?"
"Yesterday…" Sonic answered, "When you brought me back to the mansion, I wasn't asleep. I close my eyes, but I can't seem to dream anymore. And sleep isn't the only thing I lost Fox…"
"What?"
"I can't eat anymore either…that's why I wasn't hungry. I tried eating but my stomach wouldn't digest it. And when I did put it in my mouth, I couldn't taste anything…"
Fox was stunned. Pit was too. He heard the voice inside of him laugh bitterly at the hedgehog.
:I see it's already happening to him. It's only a matter of time.:
The darkness seem to have lost his grip on the white angel because Pit ended up kicking the wall and hurting his foot in the process. It was then did the two Smashers and the small bat notice his appearance.
"Pit, are you okay?" Sonic asked. He was in the capsule but jumped out upon seeing the angel in presence.
The angel couldn't help but smile at the hedgehog, "Yeah, I'm fine. Just bumped my toe. Maybe that's why you don't wear sandals."
"It hurts even if you're not wearing sandals."
The two laughed but quickly stopped when Sonic saw the band aids on his cheeks. His smile turned upside down.
"Pit, what happened to you last night?"
"Li attacked us on our date," Pit explained, "Ike was in critical condition, but he's obviously okay. As for me, I didn't sustain that many injuries. Expect that annoying voice that keeps popping up in my head telling me to do fucked up stuff like kidnap you Sonic. Are you and Fox okay?"
"Does it look like I'm okay?" Fox questioned in a sarcastic tone, "I'm back to being a chipmunk and I can only use that feather one more time to go back to my original self. With all the crap that has been happening, I'll be needed during battle but…"
"You'll find a way to counter that, don't worry," Pit said.
"It would help if you knew how to reverse the affect."
"…Only Li knows how to reverse it," Pit stated, "And that's because he's a dark magic user. Then again, Sun-Wong might know of a cure."
"A cure?"
"Well yeah. He's in that library twenty four seven reading about the history of every world. You can imagine that he's learning all types of new spells and techniques for battle. But he needs to look at books on how to get a date now."
That last part was unintentional mainly because it was a fact that everyone in the angel division knew. Sun-Wong was clearly oblivious to romance that he didn't realize who was in love and who wasn't. It was really sad since he was one of the oldest royal bodyguards. Then again, Pit wondered how he went from being slightly aware of his feelings to Himeno to not having a fucking clue what to do...it must be age.
"Sorry, I didn't need to say that last part."
"It's okay Pit…"
Pit glanced at Sonic again and frowned. The dark voice inside of him was mocking him telling him to touch the blue hedgehog and wound him again. Anything that could break Sonic again.
"Hey Pit…can I ask you something?" Sonic asked.
"What is it?"
"Well…it's about the conversation Fox and I had…I was wondering if you…know what's wrong with me."
"What?"
"I figured that since you were an angel, you would know almost every disease that was on every planet, but…"
"Of course I wouldn't know what's wrong with you. I just found out about it," Pit stated, "I'll ask Sun-Wong if he knows, but this sickness you speak of is unheard of."
Sonic frowned. He turned away from Pit and faced the Yuna statue, "I'm sorry I asked."
"It's not your fault. I'm just not the right person to ask really."
The angel prayed that was the last thing Sonic wanted to ask. It was because the blue hedgehog was mesmerized by the statue of the High Summoner again. This seemed to happen more happen than not.
It was a good time to get out of the room now before that dark voice told him to attack Sonic. Pit excused himself from the room as he quickly hopped up the stairs as his toe was still hurting. Fox sighed. He wished that Pit was more help but it still confused him into why Pit was listening to their conversation. When he was, his aura seemed really dark until at the moment where he bumped his toe.
"Sonic, are you okay?" Fox asked.
Sonic nodded his head slowly but he still kept his eyes on the statue. He was more drawn to it than ever now. The little girl he saw before was waving at him but he didn't dare wave back.
It's almost time for me to awaken.
Sonic rubbed his ear. Was he hearing things? He probably was. I mean, if he can see the little girl in front of Valefor then he could hear a voice coming from the Yuna statue too, right?
And so the hours past and nothing out of the ordinary happened in the Smasher's point of view. Pit however was suffering from the inside. The voice kept telling him to hurt someone or behead them with his sword. It was tempting not to listen to him. It got worse because it was giving Pit mood swings. When people tried to visit him, he would tell them off. It was only natural that he seemed upset that he lost to Li but that was not the case. Ike couldn't even see through Pit's mood swings.
It got worse when Nintendog came into the infirmary and started growling at the angel. No matter what Peach did to try and calm down the Labrador, it wouldn't stop giving Pit fixed stares. Pit knew that the dog could smell the evil aura around him. He wouldn't be surprised if Lucario noticed the dark aura around him get stronger.
:That dog will die when I get you to capture the blue hedgehog.:
Just try me freak. Pit snapped.
The evil voice just laughed.
:All in good time you Amail. All in good time.:
Pit feared for the worse. While Dr. Mario was scolding Ike to not be so reckless in battle, Peach tried to get Pit to answer her question.
"How was the date?" she kept asking.
Pit would have laughed if he wasn't in such a dire situation. He chose to ignore it. The silence made it seem like the date didn't go so well. The princess of the Mushroom Kingdom would surely scold Ike for making Pit perfectly unhappy on the date before it was ruined by Li.
Wolf and Lucario came into the infirmary to check up on Fox. He was riding on Hoshi-Tsuki because no one would allow him to rest on their shoulder. The leader of Star Wolf mocked Fox's size. Lucario just told Fox to ignore him. His attention was to Nintendog who was very uncomfortable around Pit.
It was foolish of him to walk up to Pit and ask if he was okay. The angel ended up glaring at him.
"I'm fine," Pit said firmly.
Wolf snarled at the angel. He didn't like how Pit just snapped at Lucario for no reason whatsoever. He couldn't figure out why he cared though. Lucario wasn't affected by this much. He was too focused on the aura that was behind the white angel. It was very suffocating but Lucario showed no signs of worry on the outside.
The worse came when Dr. Mario allowed Sonic to come upstairs to see everyone. He went to see Ike first though (who was awoken when the Smashers started coming in to check on the injured Smashers and the unconscious Lyn which they found a little after they took care of Pit last night.) The mercenary brushed him off as usual to a lot of Smasher's disappointment. It made them realize that Ike was doing okay.
Ike wasn't okay though. He was very upset about losing to Li. Not only that, but he couldn't stop Li from doing whatever he did to his angel. He couldn't look Pit in the eye because looking at the wounds would make him realize that he failed him.
The bluenette watched as Sonic went over to Lyn next. He said something that he couldn't quite make out. He became weary when Sonic proceeded to check up on Pit next.
Here come the rejection line. Ike thought to himself.
To Ike's surprise, Pit didn't tell Sonic to move away. Instead, he told him to come closer. A hint of jealousy was emerging but it was so tiny that it came out unnoticed.
Pit wasn't the one that told Sonic to come closer to him though. It was the dark voice. That dark voice took over his body again. Pit had no control of anything now. He was still witnessing the events though from his eyes which he couldn't even flicker.
"Pit, you told me you were okay. What's wrong?" Sonic questioned.
The angel panicked when the dark voice told him that it was time to bring Sonic back. He had to think fast before something terrible was going to happen.
The darkness in him grabbed Sonic's wrist gently. He looked at Sonic with sincere eyes. It confused the blue wonder greatly. Wasn't he glaring just a second ago?
"I need..." it was in a whisper now. Only Sonic could hear him, "You..."
Sonic stared at Pit dumbfounded. Didn't he like Ike?
"P-Pit...what are you...saying?"
I might end up dead, but oh well! This guy is not using Sonic! Pit thought to himself.
He was glad that he was good at magic to a certain extent. It completely caught the darkness off guard. The light magic allowed him to gain control of his body for only a few seconds. Sonic instantly noticed the change in Pit.
"RUN SONIC!"
Everyone turned to Sonic like Pit just lost it. Mr. L was in the room and panicked slightly when Pit told Sonic to run. He was suppose to help and capture the blue hedgehog along with Lyn as she knew too much. Li in the possessed Smasher's body was suppose to help too, but that Smasher wasn't in the room though.
:Damn you Amail. You will regret that!:
Pit instantly threw Sonic toward the wall. Luckily Wolf was there and managed to catch Sonic and prevent him from causing a crack. Satoshi fumed.
"What's your problem Pit?"
Pit couldn't be a smart ass. The darkness wouldn't let him as he instantly took control over Pit again. The voice was agitated now. The plan failed but he just had to get his hands on the blue hedgehog.
Lucario stepped back upon seeing the dark aura getting stronger around Pit, "You're not Pit anymore are you?"
The Smashers turned to Lucario confused. Of course it was Pit. Who else could it be?
The darkness laughed a very sinister laugh, "The aura Pokémon is correct. I am of the darkness in this pathetic angel's heart. I have come for my experiment."
Fox knew what he meant. He saw Sonic scurry over to Ike who was trying to reach out for his sword that was on the floor.
Ash clenched his fist in anger as he told Peach and Gary to stay back, "So you must be..."
"Believe what you want to believe, but..." The darkness faced Sonic, "But he's coming back with me."
Without warning, he lashed out at Sonic. It was so quick that most of the Smashers didn't have time to react. Only Ike was faster. He pushed Sonic away and grabbed Rangell. He held it in front of him when the darkness pulled out Pit's bow and arrow and turned it into two swords. The swords collided with each other and Ike found himself being pushed back down hard. The bed was a good cushion, but it wouldn't help with this sword fight.
Ash and Wolf reacted next and pulled Pit off of Ike since he wasn't paying attention to anything behind of him.
"You pathetic fools! It would be wise to release me!" the darkness said in a threatening tone.
"Pit snap out of it!" Ash told him harshly.
"The Pit you know is no more!"
Some of the other Smashers were on the verge of panic. Gary tried to stay calm in this situation and took Sonic far away from the battle. Dr. Mario forced everyone out of the infirmary as he was afraid that the Smashers would destroy the infirmary again and Mr. Game and Watch would have to repair it.
The darkness wasn't liking Ash's firm grip on him. Focusing his mind, the dark aura around Pit appeared behind him and this time, everyone could see it. Wolf and Ash must have been in synced at the time because both threw Pit off of Ike. The darkness landed on his feet. The two swords were purple from the darkness now.
"Wolf, Ash, you have to be careful. He means business," Lucario warned.
"As if you didn't need to warn us," Wolf said in a sarcastic tone.
Even though Wolf said that though, he was in trouble. The darkness started chanting one of Pit's magic spells. Ash wasn't familiar with all of them. Only some of them because Pit would use it whenever he was pissed off which wasn't that often until this whole stalking thing started. This was a spell that Ash did not know of.
"Wolf, watch yourself!" Ash warned.
The leader of Star Wolf didn't have a chance to react because the darkness fired a black laser at him. Luckily, Lucario acted fast enough to shield Wolf from the attack. This caught Wolf off guard as he saw the blood that was on Lucario's back drip to the floor.
"What the hell! I could have dodged that!"
"Your welcome..." Lucario said weakly. The attack was stronger than expected. He ended up collapsing in Wolf's arm.
Ash was shocked at Lucario's action. This was the second time he saw Lucario leap in and save someone. He clenched his fist in anger.
"You bastard!"
The darkness wasn't listening. He was ready to attack Gary and Sonic next. Ash saw this and decided to use that move again. It might destroy the infirmary but hell, this was the only move that could counter Pit's magic.
"You're coming back to us Pit!" Ash announced as a blue aura engulfed the Pokémon Trainer's hand. It shocked everyone especially when he fired the aura at Pit's dark laser. Both attacks were equally matched.
:Damn, I underestimated him. He will be the first one to die when I have full control over you. I'll leave you alone for now.:
Pit felt himself gain control of his body again. It was bad timing though because the dark laster lost power and was easily defeated by Ash's aura. It went right toward him. Pit put his hands in front of him attempting to block it. It sent him flying into the wall resulting in a crack.
"Ow..." Pit mumbled, "That really hurt Ash..."
Ash was too tired to run up to the angel and ask if he was okay. Instead, Ike used his strength to get out of bed and make sure that Pit was okay. He hugged the angel.
"Are you okay Pit?" he asked.
"I think so..."
Pit frowned. The voice was getting louder in his head and the darkness was grasping at his heart at a fast pace. It wouldn't be long before he couldn't revert back to his old self.
"I"m sorry that I didn't warn you guys..." he mumbled
"It's all right..."
Gary gave the cue that it was okay to come back into the infirmary. Dr. Mario was not impressed that infirmary sustained some damage. Mr. Game and Watch beeped again and pushed everyone out of the way that was standing in the doorway. He came back with tools to repair the wall.
"Pit, why didn't you say anything?" Dr. Mario questioned in rage, "Are you trying to get us all killed?"
The doctor proved his point by pointing at Lucario. Wolf helped the aura Pokémon to one of the empty beds. Peach ordered the Pokémon Researcher to get the bandages. Gary quickly got that and Peach instantly started wrapping white bandages around the wound.
"Sorry..." was all Pit could say. He couldn't say, "Yes I'm trying to get us all killed because the voice inside of me is too strong to fight back." It was too sarcastic.
Ash pulled Ike off of Pit and dragged him back to his bed. Sonic tried to calm the doctor down, but he instantly shot a glare at the blue hedgehog.
"And why didn't you tell us that you were being experimented on?"
"Because Pit told you."
"He just gave us the basic 'you were experimented on' answer. I didn't get a clear answer."
Sonic frowned. There was no way in hell was he going to tell the doctor of the syndromes he was facing. That would mean staying in that capsule longer and possibly take him to E-Gadd who will likely experiment on him. It was a lose lose situation.
"It was just one of those machines where he tried to drown me. I'm completely fine," he lied.
Pit knew it was a lie but he said nothing. Telling an angry Dr. Mario about the syndromes could possibly make it worse.
"There is something wrong with you two and I'm going to find out what it is," Dr. Mario told them firmly, "The situation is dire! If you don't report this to Master Hand, God knows what will happen."
Pit and Sonic exchanged worried glances. They were really pushing it. Ash noticed that the two were staring at each other and frowned. Why were his friends so distant lately? It was like those two had their own little world and he was pushed out of it. Weren't the three of them best friends forever? If so did they have to keep secrets that might mean the end of the world?
The hours went by but Dr. Mario got nothing out of the two teen Smashers. It annoyed him to no end but he kept pressing on. Sonic was getting aggravated by the questions and zoomed out of the infirmary. Dr. Mario cursed at him but Peach told him to be quiet.
"He's already going through a hard time and you're only making it worse," she told him.
Dr. Mario frowned. When he turned around Pit was gone too. He cursed to himself. Why were teens so difficult?
Ike couldn't go back to sleep. Not with all the yelling and Wolf actually being nice. Wolf was usually really grumpy but now he was taking care of Lucario. It might have been pride that made him look after the aura Pokémon but Peach didn't see it that way and with that, she giggled at the two.
Most of the Smashers were gone possibly to the conference room to discuss the matters with Pit and Sonic. Ash and Gary were going to head there when Shigeru stopped him in the middle of the hallway.
"What is it Gary?" Ash asked.
"About what happened early this afternoon..." Gary began.
Ash saw that he was trembling now. What was there to be scared about? "Gary?"
"Do you think that Pit knows more than he let's on?"
Ash continued to scowl. He had to give his boyfriend a straight answer, "I think he does but he doesn't want any of us to know. If we did...something terrible might happen..."
"He doesn't know that he's hurting all of us already especially Sonic!"
"Gary..."
"Sonic has been getting attacked multiple times, and this time was no exception! I thought he promised him that he would protect him. He's not!"
The Pokémon Trainer said nothing because he hasn't been keeping his promise in protecting Sonic either.
"I don't know what's going on in Pit's head, but..." Ash glanced at the window to catch three doves flying into the heavens, "When he's ready, he'll tell us."
Gary didn't know why his boyfriend was being so calm about the situation. "When he tells us...it might be too late."
Pit's intent on running out on Dr. Mario and everyone in the infirmary was to get out of the mansion and get as far away as possible. The darkness in him grew with each question the doctor asked. He felt like he was the sin of Wrath now because he was getting so angry that he felt like stabbing the doctor in the mouth so he would shut up. Sonic beat him to running away though and with the blue hedgehog gone, he could run out as well.
But the darkness was too persistent. It kept telling him to kidnap Sonic. Pit wasn't going to let this voice inside him win. It was for everyone's sake.
:Why do you struggle with the darkness? The darkness is a friend of the fallen.:
Shut up and leave me alone.
:But it's true. You are slowly descending into darkness along with a few others. If you resist, you feel more pain. If you don't let me take control of you, the pain you feel will be beyond imagination.:
You're not dragging Sonic into this...
:I must. He is the key of getting everything I ever wanted.:
And that is?
:Everything.:
Greedy bastard.
The darkness wasn't taking Pit's resistance too kindly. The angel couldn't react when he felt his body being taken over by force again.
Damn!
:Watch and learn Amail. You and the blue hedgehog are only pawns in my game.:
More like the king and queen if you want us so badly.
The darkness ignores him and proceeds to Sonic's room. That was where Sonic ran off to.
Sonic collapsed to the carpet and started gasping for air. It was bad enough that he couldn't eat anything anymore nor fall unconscious or feel any pain. He felt his vocal cords getting swollen. It was also getting harder to breathe.
What's happening to me? Sonic asked himself. He wished someone knew the answer. He was certain that Pit would know but the angel disappointed him when he didn't know what sickness he was facing from the experiment.
"You're becoming a God," said a voice.
Sonic slowly turned around to see Pit staring down at him.
"Pit...I thought..."
He didn't get a chance to say anymore because Pit grabbed him by the neck and forced him lie on top of the bed. Sonic freaked out. Was his friend going to do what he thought he was going to do? No, Pit wouldn't dream of doing that.
"Pit...!"
"No words."
The blue hedgehog found himself staring into Pit's eyes. They weren't blue though. They were purple. Purple eyes were usually the color of demon eyes. It wasn't Pit that was attacking him, it was the darkness that attacked him this afternoon. While being really scared...it was mesmerizing.
"Come with me...and I will take you to the place you want to be..." the darkness said seductively.
The darkness grinned evilly as he witness the color of Sonic's eye become pale green.
:Perfect.:
Sonic, snap out of it! It's not me telling you this!
Sonic wouldn't be able to hear Pit's pleas or anyone's pleas in that state. He was completely under the control of the darkness.
"This place is too small to do the transfer. We're do it on the roof."
The darkness spread Pit's wings and grabbed Sonic's wrist. He opened the window and flew to the roof. If all went well, those that betrayed Master Hand will be with him shortly. If not, they would find a way to get back into that darkness.
The thing about perfect plans is that there will always be someone that will ruin it. And that small thing that ruined it was Nintendog. It went to go and get someone to warn them about Pit's change in personality.
The darkness got to the top of the roof. It quickly chanted a dark spell that summoned a spell binding circle in the middle of the roof. The problem with this was that the light was so bright that anyone on the bottom of the mansion could see what was happening. That didn't matter. Transferring Sonic into the dark world wouldn't take that long. All Sonic had to do was step in the middle directly and that would be it.
"Now, go into the middle of the circle and stand there," the darkness told the blue hedgehog.
Sonic had no choice but obey him. He slowly walked toward the center of the spell binding circle. The darkness grinned. Pit could only watch in horror as he watched his friend walk into the middle. No matter how many times he cried out to the blue hedgehog, his mouth wouldn't move and Sonic wouldn't hear him.
"Game over..." The darkness said as he slowly walked toward the spell binding circle.
The dark side would have won at that point...if a familiar aura didn't attack him from behind him stopping his process into the spell binding circle completely.
"You get away from Sonic this instant!"
The darkness turned toward the voice and growled softly, "Must you humans always interfere?"
Ash was the savior in the end. Nintendog was by his side lowering its head and growling at the darkness. Gary managed to sneak past the Pokémon Trainer and somehow managed to get behind the spell binding circle.
"I'll be taking Sonic now," Ash said like he was sure of himself.
"What makes you think that I'll hand him over?"
"This."
Ash let out another blast of aura from his hands. The darkness blocked it using Pit's Mirror Shield. Ash noted that the shield wasn't a sky blue color but completely gray like it wasn't dusted in a while.
"I won't allow my plans to fail. This world will fall as well as all the others."
Ash frowned. He hated it when people declared the end of the world. It never came true in the end because heroes always foil the villain's plans.
"Haven't you heard the saying that evil never wins?" Ash questioned in annoyance.
The darkness chuckled. It sent shivers down the Pokémon Trainer's spine.
"That's hardly true. Heroes may banish those of the dark, but the dark comes back stronger and more cunning. The light can't fight the dark forever."
"They can if they are immortal."
"Humans and angels are hardly immortal."
Ike and some of the other Smashers arrived behind Ash in the nick of time. Ash was shocked by the mercenary's appearance though.
"Ike, aren't you suppose to be in bed?"
Ike laughed, "If I stayed in bed when my friends were in danger, I wouldn't forgive myself."
The darkness gave Ike a mocking look. It seemed very familiar, "You should have stayed in bed. And you other fools should have stayed in the conference room because you are about to witness the end of the world."
Mario pushed past Ash and pointed at the darkness, "Enough with your crap. You are going down by this Italian plumber!"
The darkness frowned. He was disappointed with the hero of the Mushroom Kingdom. The world came first before his family.
"Before I show you all the end of the world," the darkness ignored Mario as he pointed his index finger at Gary who was trying to snap Sonic out of the trance, "That boy dies first."
Ash panicked, "W-Wait! You're not going to-"
He didn't finish because the darkness quickly chanted a dark spell. A black light appeared on the tip of his index finger. It was fired at top speed at Gary. The speed and power would surely kill him.
"GARY!" Ash cried out.
Something collided with the black light and a explosion engulfed everything inside the spell binding circle. The darkness knew that something wasn't right. His intuition was correct of course because something or someone stopped the attack from colliding and deflected it like the attack was a fly.
The smoke cleared. When it did, everyone's eyes widened in surprise or the darkness in horror.
"No...you were dead a decay ago!" the darkness exclaimed.
Who the darkness was talking to seem to be Sonic...but at the same time it wasn't Sonic. He seemed stronger, had a calmer demeanor and most of all, had brave yet soothing eyes. Psychical appearance though wasn't a major change but two noticeable things was that one of his eyes were blue and the other was his original green eye. He also had ribbon like clothes attached to his back. They were turquoise.
"Are you okay?" Sonic asked Gary as he helped him up.
The Pokémon Researcher freaked, "S-Sonic...what happened to your voice? It's all high pitch and girly!"
Sonic seemed confused, "I do not understand..."
"-sweatdrop- Who...are you?"
"I am Lady Yuna."
Silence for one minute...two minutes...three minutes...five complete minutes before...
"I KNEW SONIC WAS A GIRL!" Ash declared ruining the dark moment and forgetting that his boyfriend was in danger. Samus had to hit him in the head hard to get him back to reality and be serious.
The darkness glared at the blue hedgehog. His plans were definitely ruined now that Yuna decided to show her face.
"This body is only a host," Yuna explained, "I won't be in it forever. Only until the darkness is completely destroyed."
"Well that won't happen anytime soon," the darkness told her, "The world will be engulfed by darkness before you can ever hope of having eternal rest."
Yuna turned toward the darkness and frowned. She didn't show a look of hatred at all. Perhaps it's because she was too kind to her enemies back then, "I wish you would stop saying things like that. You need to go to rest too."
"I won't until these pathetic humans and angels get what they deserve!"
Yuna sighed, "I guess I have no choice. Holy..."
A bright light surrounded Sonic's body completely. That light was released from his body and fired at the darkness. The darkness wasn't going to take the attack and fired a spell that countered Holy. The two spells collided resulting in a huge explosion and causing the ground to shake. Some Smashers fell down due to the tremble in the ground with Gary was one of them.
"I have no intention of fighting you," Yuna said in a soft tone, "But I will if I have to."
"Tch, you and your Summoner ways. Fine, I'll leave this angel alone for a while, but the next time I possess him, it will be permanent and next time, I'm not leaving without my prize!"
Yuna shook her head, "You won't get him. His will is strong and this power inside of him is strong enough to bring you to your knees."
The darkness laughed, "Me, bow down to an inferior being? How absurd! They will bow to me and begging for mercy!"
"You can only think that. I just hope you realize your errors before it's too late..."
The darkness continued to laugh as he slowly disappeared from Pit. The angel regained consciousness but the darkness used to much of his angelic powers and ended up collapsing to the floor. Ike, Ash, Fox and Hoshi-Tsuki reacted instantly as they rushed toward their fallen friend.
"Pit, are you okay?" Ike questioned.
Pit groaned in response.
"...At least we know he's okay..."
The other Smashers started walking away to the door and toward the blue hedgehog. Hoshi-Tsuki flew over to the blue wonder with Fox on his back. Fox frowned, "Why didn't Sonic tell us about you?"
"He didn't know," Yuna stated, "Me controlling him was last minute. It was for the best though."
The summoner turned toward Mario and asked, "You know Merlon right?"
Mario was shocked at the name. He hadn't heard that name in a while.
"Of course. Merlon helped us save the world."
Yuna smiled softly. The smile looked really cute on Sonic's face which was what Fox was thinking.
"Please try to find him as soon as possible. He has another book of prophecies that should explain how to stop all of this. And please, don't make the same mistake that you made during your last journey."
Mario was confused. He thought she was talking about losing Tippi but she wasn't even referring to her. It was someone else all together, which the readers should know.
Yuna then glanced at Marth. "I sense great sorrow up ahead for you. Please do whatever you can to protect your lover."
Now Marth was puzzled. Was Yuna always talking in riddles?
She finally turned to Fox, "And Fox, don't use that feather until you absolutely need to. You will feel a lot of strain on your body if you use it now."
Fox gawked, "How did you know my name and...the black feather-"
"I've been watching you and Sonic through the eyes of the statue in the sacred room. There isn't anything I should know about you two," she explained in a teasing tone, "But you must protect Sonic when the time comes...because...if he isn't protecting...then all worlds will end..."
With that said Yuna took a few steps back and used her magic to break the spell binding circle. She then looked ready to disappear when Dr. Mario appeared behind Mario and asked.
"Wait, you know what's wrong with the two do you?"
Yuna nodded her head slowly, "Pit is obviously possessed by the darkness. You must find a way to free him from that darkness before it's too late...as for Sonic..." she paused, "If I told you...then all would be lost as well..."
When Yuna said those last words, Lucario could feel her aura fading away and replaced by Sonic's aura. It was definitely more pure than the last time he felt it. The ribbons on Sonic's back faded into nothingness.
Sonic collapsed to the ground. Fox wanted to hold him in his arms but Peach beat him to it. She felt his forehead and frowned.
"He's burning up..." she mumbled.
The blue hedgehog opened his eyes. Both were green now. He frowned. Sonic opened his mouth to say something when nothing came out. There was a big silence as Sonic tried to say words that were completely muted. It stunned everyone especially Sonic when he realized that he couldn't hear his own voice.
"He lost his voice..." Roy stated the obvious.
First he lost the ability to eat, the ability to sleep, the ability to feel anything...and now he lost his voice? What's wrong with you Sonic? Fox questioned as he clenched his fist.
Dr. Mario sighed, "I have no choice. We have to keep Pit restrained in order to prevent him from losing himself again. Sonic will be placed in that room and Master Hand will be informed."
Nobody like the doctor's decision but it seemed like it was the right thing to do. Pit avoided eye contact with everyone. He was going to be under house arrest but not in his room because it was Ash's room as well. And Sonic would be placed in the lab that was on the third floor. No one goes there except Dr. Wright who uses it to send E-Gadd ideas.
Speaking of Dr. Wright, where are the assist trophies? Pit asked himself. None were present except Saki, Isaac and Nintendog. The others where nowhere to be found. He couldn't bring this subject up though because it would be brushed off as the darkness trying to trick them.
As for Sonic, he was terrified. He didn't want to be put in the lab to be experimented on. When Dr. Mario couldn't find out what was wrong with someone, he placed them in that room where other doctors or rather scientist would go and experiment on them. It was bad enough that he was a test subject once. He did not want to be experimented on again. He couldn't even protest because of losing his voice.
The only one who seemed happy about this was Luigi or rather Mr. L. He wanted them to suffer like his brother would soon. The Smasher that Li was possessing was also grinning evilly. They can't keep Pit restrained for long because the darkness is stronger than chains.
Pit shivered in Ike's arms. The mercenary held him close because he thought that the angel was cold since it was chilly outside. Pit wasn't cold though. He was scared because he can hear the voice in his head getting louder and louder.
In Heaven, Pepper was desperately trying to make Li's birthday card. Sure she had her computer on and listening to Hetalia music, but she IS MOST DEFINITELY working.
Just because she was working though doesn't mean that she's doing a good job at it. She wasn't the best artist. On a scale of one to ninety-nine concerning crafting skills, she would be a fifteen because even though she had creative ideas, things don't turn out well when she tries to draw it.
The birthday card...didn't even look like a birthday card. She started out by writing, "Happy Birthday Lived!" in white and then adding whatever else in white color pencil that said, "Congratulations for turning 18!" and white hearts around the top of the card but not the bottom because she sucks at drawing hearts. She then colored the piece of paper black so the white could be seen...but since she was a horrible artist, you couldn't even see the white.
Frustrated at how the card turned out, she decided to use other colors for it. She colored the hears in pink. She knew that Li didn't like pink but it was the only color she could find at the time. Her red color pencils were dull and her sharpener was taken by Sun-Wong to be used for taking notes in that damn library. She then wrote the words in green. Green and black were a unique combination in her point of view because anything would awesome with the color black.
Pepper felt better with the card, so she then proceeded at writing something in the maroon color pencil. She wrote, "We still love you Lived! Hope you're happy where you are." on the bottom left of the paper. When she realized that she used the wrong word, she crossed out were and put where on the top of were so it would read 'We still love you Lived! Hope you're happy where you are.'
She smiled and decided to share one of her secrets on the card. Her secret was her full name. In Angel Land, everyone referred each other by their first name. It made it seem like they didn't have a last name, but they all indeed had a last name like Pit and Li.
In small letters she wrote "Pepper Padoga (My present...last name)" on the bottom right of the paper. She didn't want to use that last name because it reminded her of her mom. She had mixed feelings of her mother, and it felt weird to have the last name of her mom and her older sister's middle name.
"Lived better be happy that I decided to put my last name on this card!" Pepper declared.
She held the birthday card in the air admiring her work despite how crappy it was. It was the thought that counts though. She hoped the black angel would understand.
Her hard work went to waste when she heard Roger cursing at her Chocobo. Enraged that the African American would pick on her adorable pet, she turned around to yell at him...only for her to be trampled on by her own pet. It was a sad day.
When she got stepped on, she let go of the birthday card. It got stuck in between the bird's feather, which weren't even gold. It was black because someone painted the poor bird. It was Roger of course as he had a paint brush in one hand and a paint bucket in another. His tunic was smeared with black paint. (Not like you could see it though).
"GET BACK HERE YOU STUPID BIRD! I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU!"
Pepper tripped Roger because he hurt her pet. Chobi wasn't acting up when she left to work on the birthday card. He dropped the bucket that had purple paint in it. The paint spilled on the floor. When that happened, the birthday card was released from the feather's of the Chocobo and landed next to Pepper's head. Chobi came running back at top speed. The bird stepped on Roger's head and a part of the birthday card and went off to find someone else to torture...possibly Aqua.
"Bitch, next time stay out of my way," Roger said in a grouchy tone.
Pepper wasn't listening because she stared at her birthday card in horror. The footprint Chobi left made most of the words hard to see, and the black paint stains on it made it hard to read otherwise.
"It's ruined..." she mumbled in shock.
Roger took one look at it and laughed, "It wasn't much of a card anyway."
With that he walked away to go catch the Chocobo. The red angel picked up the card and ran back into her room sobbing at her failure. It was a good thing that Himeno was around though because she witnessed the scene. She would have chased after Roger to apologize to Pepper, but instead, she went over to comfort the red angel.
"Pepper, open the door."
Pepper's response was turning itunes volume to maximum and changing the song to Untitled by Simple Plan. She started singing along with the song causing Himeno to be rather annoyed with the younger angel.
"I don't know whether to feel sorry or not, but please open the door."
Pepper opened the door only for her to sing, "How could this happen to me? I've made my mistakes! Got no where to run! The night goes on as I'm fading away!"
Himeno hit Pepper with her fan.
"You're trying to make me laugh are you?"
"No..."
"Then please stop singing and turn off the music...or change it to something more peaceful please."
Pepper sighed as she changed the song to For Fruits Basket. Himeno felt better as she entered the room of a yaoi fangirl.
"Pepper, please tell me what happened."
Pepper held up the ruined birthday card, "It's ruined..."
Himeno tool the birthday card from her and looked at it. She smiled, "You were trying to make something for Lived?"
"I was! The presents that are bought are never from me. I claim it's my present when it isn't! I wanted to make something that was from me...but Roger always has to ruin everything..."
Himeno frowned. Roger was being really mean to everyone recently. She didn't know what set him off but something told her it was the whole celebrating Li's birthday. She sighed as she got a handkerchief out of her tunic and handed it to Pepper.
"Use this to dry your tears, but please put it in the hamper when you're done."
Pepper accepted the gift and used it to not only dry her tears but to blow her nose. Himeno made a note never to use the handkerchief again. She looked back at the birthday card and smiled.
"I think you should give this to him either way."
After blowing her nose three times and throwing the handkerchief in her laundry basket which was starting to pile up with clothes and towels from taking a lot of showers due to the summer heat, she asked, "Why? It's unreadable."
"It's the thought that counts Pepper," Himeno stated, "Lived will understand that you worked hard on this and will forgive you for your sloppiness."
"I hope so..."
Himeno continued to smile and embraced the fire angel, "Don't let what Roger said get to you. He doesn't know what he's talking about."
"...Thanks Himeno."
"I'll forgive you when you keep that Chocobo in check. I'm the only one cleaning the place."
Pepper couldn't help but laugh, "I know, and I'm thankful for that."
Himeno would have glared at her if she didn't go and take the laundry basket and left. Pepper instantly perked up and started to search for her pet pushing pass any Centurion that was in her way.
The chaos stopped in one hour, but it ended with Roger having a black eye, a bloody nose and a bump on his lip. Pepper showed him not to mess with the American...in America!
Me: TBC with 10937 words.
Yohko: What took you so long?
Me: I'm SO sorry! A lot of crap happened to me. It's all explained on Deviant Art though. To put a long story short, I got a new Apple Computer which wouldn't accept WSP documents. When I learned of that, my dad had to turn all the stories on my disk drive such as this story and chapter 3 of Gray Reflections into DOC documents. And then when that was done...I just had a really hard time trying to type the chapter. Because of that, I changed a lot of things that wasn't suppose to happen in this chapter. Here are some things I changed.
1. Any Wolf/Lucario moments were added instead of Meta Knight/Kirby moments.
2. They found Lyn and placed her in the infirmary. She never woke up but I was going to make her disappear like the rest of the assist trophies except, Saki, Isaac and Nintendog.
3. The dog had a bigger role. It needed to be useful and use that nose for something.
4. Pit was suppose to be stronger against the darkness but because he's an Amail (SPOILER) with a human heart, it was easy to take advantage of. And you weren't suppose to know that Pit was an Amail until chapter 27.
5. Yuna wasn't suppose to be there. I added her because I felt like it and I mentioned her far too much. Her role is important in Sonic's part of the story.
6. Sonic wasn't suppose to lose his voice until the next chapter.
Yeah...I changed a lot of stuff, but who could complain? This is a long chapter. Notes!
1. Lucario is one of the few characters that calls the Pokemon Trainer Satoshi because in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, Lucario calls Satoshi his full name out of respect.
2. Merlon is the old man from Super Paper Mario...and all of the Paper Mario games. He's the one who sent Mario and Tippi on a journey to collect the Pure Hearts and counter the Dark Prognosticus with the Hero Prognosticus. He also was the one that saved Tippi from a certain death.
3. Tippi is the butterfly pixl that is from Super Paper Mario. She starts out as only focusing on the mission, but as the game goes on and after you save her from the otaku Francis (loved that scene) she starts acting like a human. At first, it seems like she falls for Mario which is annoying because almost ALL the females fall for Mario, but as the game goes on, it is revealed that she was the lover of Count Bleck and she clearly says that she is in love with Count Bleck. She and Count Bleck die after Mario and gang kill Dimentio. They renew their love and stop the void from consuming everything. They die and are seen in Heaven at the end of the game. It's weird after you beat the game without Tippi. But it's all side quest after that. I think Mario liked Tippi to a certain point though because as you advance in chapter 3, it shows on numerous occasions that he's worried about her.
4. I'm breaking the 4th wall here if you haven't notice. It was for a laugh but the scene is serious. We all know that Yuna is referring to Luigi and not Tippi.
5. Yeah...I never revealed the royal bodyguard's full names. They are on my profile though. Pepper Padoga is my full name in the story.
6. Yeah. That song is sad, but I was laughing so hard when I was writing this scene so it's considered a joke and not serious but the scene itself was serious though.
7. For Fruits Basket is the Fruits Basket opening. It's a calm yet sweet song. You should listen to it.
But...duh-duh-duh! Pit's an Amail! Who didn't know that? Time for the questions.
1. Will light win or will dark prevail? (This might seem like an easy question, but it runs deep.)
2. Where are the assist trophies?
3. What is wrong with Sonic?
Anyway, sorry for the delay. Please review.
Yohko: No Brawl Rants...
Me...I'll just do one.
Yohko: Oh...Momo is going to ramble now. If you don't want to listen to her, stop here and review. Otherwise, continue.
Me: So...the Wii hasn't changed. I beat Super Paper Mario and cried when Tippi and Count Bleck died, and that game gave me more ideas for how to add to add Dimentio to this fic. Prepare for Dimentio/Luigi horror! -insert evil fangirl laugh here-
Yohko: Shit...
Me: I'm also at the end of the Super Mario Galaxy. I don't think I'll get all the stars. Just beat Bowser and the game's finished for me. And then I'm stuck in the NiGHTS and Sonic and the Secret Rings game.
I'M SO EXCITED THAT SONIC UNLEASHED AND TALES OF SYMPHONIA: DAWN OF THE NEW WORLD IS COMING OUT IN NOVEMBER! -Squeal- And then Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood is ALSO coming out next month. People need to stop complaining about the Sonic games and give Sonic a chance these two games and Sonic and the Black Knight have potential. None of these games will suck. TRUST ME ON THIS! Sonic Unleashed gave me a new idea how to portray Sonic in any upcoming fics. YAY!
Anyway, back to Brawl. Since Apple doesn't have a slot for the SD Card, I have to wait until next week to post my pictures. But for starters, I'm going to start a story using the Brawl pictures called The Secret Life of a Teen Smasher. (LOL) It's suppose to be funny and there's more Pit/Sonic reference then anything else. I already got seven arcs done in one day because I was THAT bored yesterday. I wasted seventy minutes of my life taking pictures. LMAO But...I got every trophy in Classic Mode and I am currently working on trying to get all the Final Smash Trophies. Man...I'm mad that I suck with DDD. I want his BIG GAY DANCE trophy. -cries- Oh well. I got...Luigi's Final Smash Trophy and it's FRAKY! It says he uses black magic to do it or the darkness in his heart. And then he's dancing around Mario and that's just scary...I think I might try DDD again or Ice Climbers.
But in Star Ocean: Till the End of Time...it's just getting harder for me...especially when your healer Sophia (the bitch) doesn't heal your party. All she does is cast ice magic on the robots and not heal Albel when he's like in the yellow. She's so messed up. That's why I have to play her...and that usually gets Albel MP killed. And yes, you can get MP killed in this game and Albel doesn't have that much MP as the healers or Fayt or any of the girls for that matter. I'm near the end of the game and I have to fight two bosses at once...and Albel won't survive if he doesn't have enough MP...maybe I should play him and do the oldest combo in the book...AIR SLASH!
But...that's technically it. Ja ne!
Nothing was really changed in this chapter. I guess this is where my grammar starts being better in the story.