Sonic Haven Season 2 – Episode 5

"My head is pounding!" Sonic exclaimed as they moved further into Fleetway City.

Blaze turned to look at Sonic, who'd been increasingly complaining about a headache since they'd walked in. Yet, nobody else seemed to be affected by anything. However, looking at him, it was obvious that he was in a lot of pain!

Sonic was holding his head, and his eyes were bloodshot and mysteriously yellow where they'd once been green. He was also acting much more aggressive than usual.

Tiara seemed the most concerned. She was walking right beside Sonic, just in case he started to do something strange.

It was a good thing she was standing there, as right when they passed 'Larry's Diner and Soda Shop,' Sonic started to convulse and roll around, his body tensing and churning while Tiara tried to pin him down. She couldn't, not until Mighty came over to help her. Even then it was still quite the task as Sonic was actually much stronger than he looked.

His fur started to stand on end and yellow wispy energy started to leak out of every pore of his body until his fur became a glowing yellow pelt. His eyes switched from yellow to red and his teeth grew long and sharpened to points. His fingernails burst through the ends of his gloves and he started to laugh through the pain.

Just then, Sonic started to vibrate rapidly, slowly splitting into two versions of himself, one being the original blue and peaceful Sonic; the other the crazed glowing yellow version that had just revealed itself.

The yellow one stood up from the ground and looked at the others, smiling with an evilness that topped even Robotnik's worst glare.

Unfazed, Blaze turned to the yellow Sonic and asked: "Who, or what, are you?"

"Simple." It said in a low and ominous tone that made Tiara's bones rattle. "I'm your nightmare come to life!"

"Sounds terrifying." Blaze said completely nonchalantly. "Too bad it's not true."

He snarled at her. "Fine, you want to know what I am?" He pointed to Sonic. "I am everything he is amplified one hundred fold! Faster, stronger, smarter, better."

"You wish buddy." Sonic groaned as he stood up himself. "Nobody can be a better me than me! Now answer the question again."

In a flash, the yellow Sonic grabbed the original Sonic and pinned him to the wall hard enough that Sonic could feel his bones bending and nearly breaking under the pressure. "I am Anarchy consolidated into pure energy and let loose on the world to wreak havoc in this city for the last twenty years!"

"Anarchy..." Blaze said slowly as she started to realize what was going on. "You're one of the seven Sons of Anarchy aren't you?"

"Indeed I am." He said with a menacing grimace as he looked over his shoulder at her. "Born from the destruction of the canary yellow Anarchy Beryl and left to claim this city as my own. But my form was too unstable, I couldn't manifest myself in a physical presence until someone with a Chaos Gene came through. And, wouldn't you know it, someone did." He turned his head back toward Sonic and glared at him. "I used your genes to build myself a body by rapidly duplicating your cells into a second form. I guess I should thank you. Unfortunately, the world doesn't need an inferior version of myself walking around wasting space. I am the Superior Sonic, Super Sonic!" He thrust his hand at Sonic, hitting his chest and knocking the wind out of him as Sonic felt all of his ribs ache all at once. Then he let him drop like a ragdoll. Just for good measure, he kicked Sonic in the gut, then let him lay there on the ground trembling like a little baby.

He turned his attention to the others. "Now, I do believe you are trespassing!"

Knack dropped his rifle, pulled out a sidearm from his belt, and began firing rapidly at Super Sonic. The bullets just bounced off of him like they were made of rubber.

"That tickles." He said as he seemed to teleport over to Knack and grab the gun from his hand. He held it up to look at it, and it snapped between two of his fingers. "Oops, guess I don't know my own strength." He said mockingly.

"Hey!" Sonic wheezed as he stood up. "You leave my friends alone!"

"Impossible!" Super Sonic exclaimed as he turned around. "You should be nearly dead!"

Sonic shrugged and felt several things pop back into place. He took a deep breath, not letting the pain he felt show on his face. "Sorry buddy, but I've been buzzed since you decided to copy me. Guess you left a little bit of juice behind." Sonic smirked, and his eyes turned red. His body started to glow once more, again exuding a yellow tint that permeated the air around him. He never turned fully yellow like Super Sonic, but he did seem unusually fine, and apparently the headache he'd had was gone.

Sonic walked up to Super Sonic and looked him right in the face, completely unfazed. "I've got news for you pal, I'm your nightmare!"

Sonic grabbed onto Super Sonic's shoulder and spun him around, but it didn't faze Super Sonic one bit. He took the spin and careened around to kick Sonic in the chest.

Sonic slid backward, barely managing to maintain his balance. He charged up a spin and launched himself at Super Sonic, trying to land an attack of his own. It worked! He hit Super Sonic in the face, knocking him onto his back.

As Super Sonic tried to gather himself and pull himself up from the ground, Knack ran to the side and slid behind an old rusty car, taking cover and readying his rifle again. He couldn't hurt Super Sonic, but maybe he could be a distraction. He looked over the edge of the car as he saw Super Sonic get ready to charge Sonic. He aimed, pulled the trigger... the shot hit Super Sonic just behind the ear. He turned and looked at Knack with a snarl on his face. Then, Knack looked on in amazement as Super Sonic's eyes started to glow red; not just the irises, but the entire eye! Lazers shot from his eyes and hit the car Knack was hiding behind, causing it to flip up into the air and over Knack's head, leaving him exposed!

Mighty was on top of it, and ran over to get in on the action! He jumped onto Super Sonic's back and clung to him for dear life, maneuvering his body around Super Sonic's spines to the best of his ability to avoid unnecessary puncture wounds. He held on long enough for Sonic to run over and kick out Super Sonic's legs, knocking him over and letting Mighty fall on top of him, which Mighty saw coming, thus allowing him to fall elbow first.

Not one to overstay his welcome, Mighty quickly rolled off of Super Sonic and scrambled out of reach before Super Sonic recovered. As Super Sonic reached out in a failed attempt to grab Mighty's ankle, Blaze ran over and jumped over him, pelting him with fireballs as she flipped over his head.

She landed on the far side and turned back around to look at Super Sonic, who was becoming incredibly frustrated.

Wanting in on the action, Ray jumped in to try to hit Super Sonic himself, only to be plucked out of the air and held off of the ground by a hand placed around his neck. The others stood around Super Sonic in a circle, not wanting to move should he decide to crush Ray's throat for their attempt to rescue their friend.

"You all are fools, let me show you what happens when you mess with me." He said as he held Ray up a little higher.

Sonic took the slight lull in the action as their chance to escape and took everyone out of the city one by one. Only Blaze was left to see what happened next. She held her breath as Suepr Sonic crushed Ray's windpipe, then dropped him as Ray squirmed for a few seconds, then died. She went pale in shock. Just as she opened her mouth to yell at Super Sonic, Sonic grabbed her and she found herself outside of the city in a flash.

Sonic, who had returned to his natural blue, started to walk away. Before he had taken two steps, Mighty spoke up. "What about Ray? We need to do something!"

"No, we don't." Blaze said in a low voice. "Super Sonic killed him. And given the way the battle was going, there was nothing we could've done if we'd stayed." She hid the pain she was feeling well.

"No, no..." Mighty said defiantly, "He's not dead! We have to save him.!" He started to run toward Fleetway city, only to be stopped by Knack, who grabbed his shoulder.

"Sorry mate." Knack said in his own somber tone. "There's nothin' we coulda done."

"NO!" Mighty yelled, falling to the ground and wiping fresh tears from his eyes.

Sonic walked over to the sign that layed at the entrance to the city. "He's not Super Sonic!" He said defiantly. "I won't let him run my name into the ground!"

"Then what do we call him?" Blaze asked.

Sonic kicked the town sign, knocking the CITY off of the end of it. "Fleetway." He said with finality.

As they walked away, Tiara spoke. "I don't think this is the end of us and Fleetway." She said somberly. And the worst part was, everyone knew she was right.