oh hey I did a thing. yay.
have some emotionally hurt sonourge. dunno why, but I was in a really angsty mood listening to Just Like Fire by P!nk.
AU of the aftermath of Scourge going to Zone Jail
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Stepping through the darkened corridors of the Castle of Moebius was the cerulean hero known as Sonic. Having heard of the beings of the anti realm planning to charge an attack into his universe sent him spiraling through zones to prevent the attack.
Though, having completed his objective, he couldn't shake the feeling of something arie. Like something was out of place or the chilling feeling of something amiss in the center of his being. He didn't know why he felt this way, but his intuition screamed at him to search the area anyway.
Yet, letting his legs take him to wherever they deemed important, he found himself sneaking down into the dungeon of the castle. The cold air bit at his fur, causing it to bristle in order to retain heat better.
Silence, was the word to describe the near empty prison. Though it seemed heavy. Defeated almost.
The shifting of chains dragging against the stone floor could be heard in a distant cell.
Curious, the azure hedgehog cautiously made his way to the cell. His red and white sneakers making no sound as he neared the bars. A startled sound left him.
Heavy chains were locked around the torn and shredded peach wrists from weeks upon months of tugging, a single chain locked around a golden control collar dug into the emerald neck. Leaving it red and raw from struggle. The once proud standing emerald male was slumped down on his knees, head low as his breathing was slow and steady. His jacket worn and dirty from lashings and struggles to pull the chains free from the stone wall. Two wicked scars cracked against his peach chest, standing out despite the darkened light.
His fur and quills were messy and dirt clung to him with ease. Dried mud splashed across his cheeks from crying in the dirt floor, which seemed to have tracks from every which way from fierce movement. The angular emerald ears were sloped downward from exhaustion, though pricked up at the startled sound.
"Scourge?"
The icy neon blues seemed to appear from the shadows of his face, connecting to the horrified emeralds of his counterpart. A look of sheer rage crossed his features as he lunged toward the blue teen. The chains pulling his arms and neck roughly back, causing he to gag from the quick movement.
"What are you doing here?," Sonic asked," You're supposed to be in-"
"Oh, so now you care where I am?," the green teen spat at the other.
"Why are you in a dungeon?!"
A deranged sneer seemed to overtake the dirted peach muzzle, a broken laugh leaving past the dry lips. "They decided that my actions should be judged in the laws of my homeworld, not some interdimensional prison zone."
An arm tried to move forward in a punch, only to be pulled back to the wall with a hiss of pain.
"B-but this is cruel! This isn't- this can't be- This isn't fair!," blue cried," You were supposed to go someplace away from all this cruelty, not be left in it!" He took a step forward, looking physically hurt," That's not how it was supposed to happen! Zonic promised me you'd be alright!"
A painful bark of laughter left the green male. "Fair? FAIR? News flash blue, life ISN'T fair. All it is is shattered hopes and dreams along with a side of broken promises." green sneered slightly," I don't NEED your pity.," he hissed.
" 'Oh but this is cruel! This isn't fair!' What do YOU know about cruelty and fairness?! Your world was perfect, everything handed to you easily.," he spat, Sonic backing up slightly from the harsh tugs on the chains. "Don't speak to me about something you can't even begin to understand...this isn't YOUR world...it's mine."
Green coughed badly, the strain on his throat from the collar obvious. "And you want to know something? Your little boy blue in the force? LET THIS HAPPEN. He LET them drag me back, he could've stopped it, but HE DIDN'T."
"W-why though? He promised-"
" 'He promised! Boohoo!' Don't you get it blue? The whole faith thing you put in people is a joke. All they do is use you until you're nothing."
The azure hero shook his head," I know he wouldn't just let that happen green! He'd fight! I bet he's fighting for you right now!"
The green agent of chaos sneered," What the hell do you know anyway?," he said lowly. "You came into a world with no knowledge of what it was like and deemed what was occurring in it 'Not right'. If anyone should be in chains, it's YOU."
Sonic flinched," What do you-"
"Oh my CHAOS! Are you seriously THAT stupid about this?" He laughed, looking in pain," You're no better than the overlanders who take and take and take because they can. Because they claim it's for the "greater good" or "we were here first, so we own it". It's that mentality that hurts more then helps. Where random people come into random places claiming to know best...when they don't even know the whole story of the land they so desperately try to claim as their own...when it was never theirs to begin with."
Sonic grew quiet for a long moment," ….Explain it to me.."
"What?," the ex-villain said, a cold fire burning in his blues.
"Explain it to me then, so I can understand and help."
"You want me to explain it to you? …..FINE. I'll explain it to you." He scowled angrily for a moment. "Listen up, because I WON'T repeat myself."
The blue ears perked up for a bit, the emeralds remaining on the slightly crazed teen. A part of him wondered how long he'd been alone in this cell.
"In my world, you need to be hard. Cruel, to survive. That time of peace was a joke. All it did was give ease to the higher socialites of royalty and their court while the rest of the people suffered.," the blues burned angrily. "For YEARS, my home suffered, people wanted 'peace'," he laughed," Ironic, isn't it?" "Don't you get it? My way was the only way for them to be at ease."
He licked his dry lips, panting slightly," THE ONLY WAY ANYONE COULD UNDERSTAND. VIOLENCE. I could've reignited the revolution, to change things! To ensure the royals never held power again! To give power back to the people!"
"But you became king-"
"DON'T INTERRUPT ME!" green spat angrily, looking enraged.
"As a ruler, I could've disassembled the empire, make the people create states to run so they could actually have a say in what happens." He sneered," But like the self entitled hedgehog you are, you never bothered for the big picture. You just do what you want and expect no back lash. Well now my people are suffering, because YOU stopped me before I could do anything."
He laughed," No, you're right, it's not fair. For anyone else in the multiverse.," he looked up, his gaze half lidded as he smirked," Everyone that's your double...LIVES in your shadow….you're the prime verse….the original. You have no idea, NO IDEA what's it's like to get out of your shadow. To be associated with you, with no chance to be yourself." He looked down, the grip on the chains increasing as he lashed forward angrily.
"My once chance, to be my own person, to separate myself from YOU...and you RIPPED it away from me….My chance, to be ME. NOT anti-Sonic," he spat angrily," ALL YOU'VE DONE IS TAKE THINGS AWAY. THE FUTURE OF THIS ZONE, MY FUTURE, MY HOPES, MY FREEDOM, YOU TOOK IT AWAY!" he screamed, the control collar sparking and cracking from repressed energy as tears ran down his cheeks. The cold metal digging into his neck.
"The only way to ensure my zone had a chance…...to be itself for once…..taken away," he slumped to the floor onto his knees. "It could've been great….but now it'll never get the chance. Alicia's back in power with her group of backstabbers…..and all of the people of this zone will continue to suffer….thanks to you.," he said quietly, his head low.
Sonic stared, his emeralds wide as his arms lowered slowly to his sides as he watched the crumpled form begin to tremble. "That's what unfairness is...so what right do you have to claim to know what it truly means."
The emerald male turned away, the chains growing slack as he relaxed in their hold. The neck chain tightening as he leaned forward.
"...It could've been great…" he whispered to no one.
Finally feeling his legs, the azure 'hero' moved forward with determined intent. Carefully, he knelt down and brought the other into his arms. Holding him tightly close.
The green teen barely responded as his face was pressed against his chest.
"There are different ways to be a hero...I'm sorry….," the blue hedgehog said softly.
Carefully, he scooted the bound hedgehog back to relive some of the pressure off his windpipe. When enough room was given, the jacketed arms shakily wrapped around the other as he trembled softly. His verde ears drawn back as he clung tightly, a broken sound leaving him.
The two remained there for a few minutes. No one hearing their soft cries or hushing comforts.
When the dirted hedgehog ceased, it seemed like he shoved everything he felt back into his being. Cautiously, Sonic moved him back, his hold never wavering as he continued to cradle the teen. The exhausted expression seemed of someone emotionally and physically spent. Tired of the continuous weight of life.
Gently, he brought up a gloved hand to wipe dry his wet muzzle. Emeralds frowning slightly as they watched the fury die in the bright blues.
Taking a struggling breath, Sonic gently grasped a chained wrist. Using a small shard of rock he used on doors earlier to pick away at the lock. He found it hard to breathe as each second passed from the lock remaining unopened.
With a pop, the red and raw wrist was free from the metal bind. Yet with another struggling attempt, he managed the same with the other and his neck chain. Carefully, he studied the clasp of the collar. Silently worried how still the other was. The collar seemed to snap open at a release mechanism in the back.
A soft sound left the cerulean teen as he carefully helped the other shakily stand. Exhaustion obvious on the features of the broken villain.
"Come on," Sonic gently slid an arm across his back, letting a jacketed arm rest over his shoulders. "You look hungry. I know a place with the best chili dogs."
The green hedgehog remained silent from the weariness he felt, looking emotionally done with everything around him. Sonic let him mull things over as he walked them to the portal to his world.
He'd handle everything that would come at him, so long as his counterpart finally felt at peace with himself as his own hedgehog.