Hello. This is your pal, Jude Warble.
Important Note: I will not repeat the Deaths of characters on each Solo, Duo or Trio Ending because it will just consume the plotline and it would be a useless repeat. Just so you all know.
And with that out of the way, please enjoy this fanfic, and as always, stay breezy!
Unknown Location
"Hey guys"
"Hey, Sonic...About time you got here"
"We've been awkwardly standing here for three hours waiting for the chef to arrive"
As Sonic greeted his friends, Knuckles and Vector answered him respectively.
"Uhh...Is it really a good idea to make Silver do the cooking?" Shadow asked with narrowed eyes.
"Oh come on, you guys. He's doing his best. He's been baking cookies all day" Blaze commented.
"And besides, he looks extremely happy, so let's get along with it for his sake" Celestine continued where Blaze left off, where they heard Silver yelling 'Lalala' inside the pantry.
"I wonder why keeps entering the pantry to mix the dough?" Luu-Luu asked in confusion.
"That ain't the pantry, Luu-Luu" Maia said, before everyone's eyes widened upon hearing the flushing of water where Silver was, realizing that he was in the bathroom, mixing the dough inside. They then saw him exit the bathroom while still holding the bowl of the dough inside of it.
"I'm...Gonna check out the kitchen. Miss Aleena is probably in there struggling" Shadow said, muttering the last phrase to himself. He then entered the kitchen, and despite it being Sonic's home, he was shocked at the mess that Silver made.
Lots of dirty dishes and kitchen utensils were literally making a small hill in front of Aleena and Lang, where the latter decided to volunteer to help Aleena in the cooking.
It may not appear like it, but Lang is an expert marksmanship. His Rune Stone Skill, One Eye, allowed him to see miniature details down to the nanoscopic level, slow his perception of time, and have a good aiming as a marksman. Unlike Otto, Lang's Rune Stone Skill didn't give him the privilege of homing his own attacks at his target, but also unlike Otto, Lang was an expert that was far more talented and experienced when it came to using Earth Magic in conjugation with his bullets to create magic bullets, so that compensated for it.
And that was the same Lang that was assisting Sonic's mother in the carnage that they entered.
"Miss Aleena, Lang...How's it going with you too?" Shadow asked, causing Lang to look at him with a deadpan expression.
Clearly, not good.
"Well, this year we have an exotic spread of canned beans and Spaghetti-os. And to make it even more difficult, this cat has been disturbing us all day" Lang said, ushering to the cat to the side, which was trying, in a comical way, to cough out something.
"Uh...What's wrong with the cat?" Shadow asked.
"Seems like it's been coughing the same furball" Lang answered. This made Shadow opt a worried expression on his face.
"...Maybe I could still save Capella from this" He muttered, before gasping upon hearing a knock on the door of Sonic's house. He quickly ran to the door, only to ironically see Capella in a Christmas version of her bikini-like outfit, along with the hat.
"Merry Christmas, Meatbags" Capella greeted with her trademark smirk.
"Hey Capella!" Everyone present welcomed the Sin Archbishop of Lust.
"Hey, Silver. It's not much, but I brought some Timbits and coffee" She said holding the two bags in her hand.
"FOOD!"
"?!"
Just then, everyone, excluding Eggman, who was still in front of the door pushing the wagon that held his mother in it inside, Sonic who was walking towards Eggman, Rem, Ram and Felt, bounced at Capella like predators, but before any of them could touch a hair from her, Shadow immediately teleported to Capella's side, before assaulting everyone with punches, kicks, elbow strikes and knee jabs, causing all of them to fall midair and onto the floor of the apartment.
"Are you all a bunch of idiots? Bouncing on one of my women?" Shadow asked with suppressed anger, before looking at Capella, who was smiling at him with her trademark toothy grin.
"You don't have to worry, Shadow. Not a scratch. Also, it's not like those Meatbags could do anything to this beautiful lady over here" Capella said with a smug smile, causing Shadow to sweatdrop.
"Acting all high and mighty...Are you sure you're the reincarnation of Maria? Is there still anything left of Maria inside you aside from her memories?" Shadow asked, which in turn made Capella giggle, not answering him.
"There's also these cookies I made!" Silver said while holding the steaming platter of cookies in his hands.
"Oh! I wanna taste one!" Capella exclaimed while coming close to pick a cookie, but Shadow immediately stopped her.
"No you won't!" He exclaimed while looking suspiciously at the cookies.
"W-What's wrong with my cookies?" Silver asked in a slightly sad expression, to which Shadow realized that it might ruin the mood.
"...We Don't wanna spoil the dinner" Shadow lied smoothly, which apparently worked, given that Silver smiled once again.
"Oh! Okay!" The silver hedgehog exclaimed happily.
"Eggman! Heh! It's that time of the year again, huh?" Sonic asked the fat genius scientist, who sighed in frustration, still trying to push his mother with the wagon inside the house.
"Oh yes. It is that time, and I've strained more today pushing her around than the entire year of trying to destroy you" He grumbled.
"Oh! And how's this adorable little baby?!" Silver asked with a smile and a blush upon seeing a mini, child-like version of Eggman in the hands of his mother that was still lying in the wagon.
"Everyone, I would love to introduce you to the newest member of the Robotnik family. Meet Bubby" Eggman's mother said.
"Ma" The baby, Bubby, said out of his mouth.
"Uh...Remind how old are you, Doctor?" Shadow asked with a sweatdrop.
"Wow. You have a baby brother? Aren't you like...Old?" Sonic asked in a matter-of-fact tone, causing Eggman to grumble. It was then when everyone saw Al holding some sort of a script book in front of his helmted face.
"On a scale from Canon to Deviantart, that's a whooping Fanfiction .Net" He said before throwing the script away from his hand.
"Everyone! Dinner's ready!" Silver exclaimed happily, causing everyone to march inside the kitchen.
All the while, Shadow was thinking of the same question.
"...What the fuck is going on?"
At the same time. Mount Cordor
"We did it! All three of us!"
"That was...The strangest adventure that I've ever been part of"
"So many deaths 'cause of tha'creatcha. Ma' amazin' self doesn't know whadda do now..."
Otto, Heinkel and Garfiel released sighs of relief upon entering into the grounds of Mount Cordor, glad that the nightmare was over. And as the three stared at the close-to-set sun, they contemplated on their current predicament.
"Don't give up! We know...This is a hidden spot!" Otto exclaimed with a confident smile.
"Yeah, of course...THIS is a hidden spot"
"?!"
And the familiar voice shattered all of their hope, as Subaru EXE appeared in a small, brief flash of light, standing in front of the three males.
"What? But how? Three of us are alive!" Heinkel said in a mixture of shock and horror, before he saw a new existence appear out of thin air.
It was what appeared to be a maid, but her blonde hair was almost brown, with her jade green eyes becoming blood red irises with black sclera, and her right eye was completely gone, being covered by a long streak of stitches that ran from her right eyebrow, traveling onto her right cheek and all down to the right side of her chin.
"I guess you forgot about the girls" Subaru EXE said.
"Frederica-san?!" Otto exclaimed the maid's name in shock.
"Nee-chan?! What da heck didya do t' Nee-chan, ya bastard?!" Garfiel yelled his question in rage.
"No, this can't be happening!" Otto yelled with his eyes wide in shock, grief and disbelief.
"Deja Vu didn't work for you this time, huh?" Subaru EXE asked in a mocking manner.
"Deja Vu? Th'heck ya talkin' 'bout?!" Garfiel yelled, his angry voice was now laced with sobs at seeing his sister's reanimated corpse in front of him.
"Oh jeez...Deja Vu helped you three to survive. Some small fragments of memory are still inside your braindead heads. I guess you can handle it..." The abomination said, before the three males saw Subaru EXE teleporting away, leaving Frederica EXE there with them, who immediately transformed her hands to large brown fur-colored claws. Garfiel, how was the one that was most devastated by his sister's Death, with Otto racing him into that position of grief, gritted his teeth, and charged forward, only for Frederica EXE to deliver an uppercut to his chin, sending him flying away and landing on another platform of the mountain. Seconds later, Garfiel stood up to see Frederica EXE teleporting to him with the bloodied heads of Otto and Heinkel.
"If ya think that ya can get ma' amazin' self, ya betta' think again" Garfiel said.
"Garf, if you're smart enough, then just give up" Frederica EXE said.
"Sis, y'r stronger than that. Ma amazin' self knows it. Please don't force ma amazin' self t' do this" Garfiel said with his tone having a hint of sadness in it. It was then when he saw the reanimated form of his sister flash her claws.
"I thought Subaru-sama was joking when he called you 'musclehead'. I can't believe that you're my brother. You're so stupid" Frederica EXE said, causing Garfiel to growl in anger at her words.
"Sis, ya maybe the sister of ma amazin' self, but ya gonna regret this!" Garfiel exclaimed.
Frederica EXE swung her right claw, sending a blade of wind towards Garfiel, who stomped on the ground and swung his foot upwards, causing a slab of earth to form in front of him, blocking the wind blade, but it blew to pieces of rubble and sent Garfiel toppling away.
Immediately, Garfiel jumped to his feet, before he dodged dark crimson beams of energy that Frederica EXE fired from her mouth. Garfiel lunged towards her and delivered a punch to her face, causing her to stagger, but even then, Frederica EXE was grinning, causing Garfiel to gasp.
"What the...?!" He thought in shock, before gasping as the foot of Frederica EXE found itself planted into his stomach, causing him to cough out blood, before being sent flying away. The blow itself rendered Garfiel completely immobile while retaining his consciousness at the same time.
"Shit! I can't move!" Garfiel cursed as Frederica EXE jumped into the air, before descending towards Garfiel's immobile form.
Frederica EXE then charged once again at Garfiel, however...
"Wha?!"
"?!"
Just then, Garfiel's body moved away from harm's way. Frederica EXE saw this and her irritation rose. Garfiel, having suddenly felt a sense of Deja Vu, and the influx of the mysterious power inside of him rising, entered into combat once again.
"JUST DIE ALREADY!" She yelled before swinging her claws, but Garfiel's body kept on instinctively dodging her attacks without even taking in the commands of Garfiel's mind. All the while Garfiel was shocked at the sudden development within him.
He felt power rising up, brimming within his body, his mind, his soul. He felt completely different. As if he was reborn once again, but even better.
Grinning with newfound confidence, Garfiel stomped on the ground, before effortlessly catching Frederica EXE's fist, where she struggled to pull her arm away, but in vain, as Garfiel was way stronger than her.
He felt as if this amp made him 10...No, 1000 times stronger. He felt like he can take on the entire world.
Roaring out, he reared his golden light-clad fist back, before swinging it at Frederica EXE's face, causing a booming sound to echo and send her flying away. Garfiel then followed by kicking his foot so hard to cause a shockwave to resonate throughout the entire mountain, bolting like a rocket towards his opponent.
"Golden Tiger: Battering Ram!"
Golden lines spun around Garfiel's fist, before he swung it at the moving corpse of his sister, and suddenly, a massive energy beam erupted from his fist, blasting a good chunk of a nearby mountain and blowing nearly half of his undead sister's body, who just gritted her teeth, not even feeling the pain, but was immobilized.
Garfiel was in awe as he looked at his fist that had steam coming out of it, before his grin returned to his face. He then jumped upwards and reared his right foot backwards. White light spinning around his
"White Tiger: Twilight Crescent!"
He swung his foot downwards, releasing a white energy arc that zoomed towards the reanimated form of his sister, passing through her and dispersing as it landed on its mark. Garfiel landed on the floor, the white light engulfing him gone as he looked at the shocked expression of Frederica EXE.
At first nothing happened, where silence screamed for the next few seconds, before suddenly, five mountains behind Frederica EXE got sliced to millions of pieces, crumbling down to dust as they scattered with the wind, and shortly afterwards, slash marks appeared on Frederica EXE's form, before her body was hacked to millions of pieces and black blood burst out on the field as Frederica EXE turned into a pool of blood within nothing but mere seconds.
Despite his victory, however, Garfiel had a sad look.
"This...Wasn' 'suppose t' happ'n..." He muttered sadly.
"How does it feel? To kill your own sister with your own hands?"
"?!"
Suddenly, a floating figure covered in shadows flew towards Garfiel, and from Garfiel's eyes, the figure appeared like a female.
"Who th' heck r ya?! Ma' amazin' self saw lots of s'prises t'day!" Garfiel yelled in a mixture of anxiety and anger.
"You don't even need to see my face, but..." Garfiel opened his mouth to cut her off, but she raced him to it.
"You need to survive!"
And right after saying that, white light assaulted Garfiel's eyes, before he was teleported away from Mount Cordor, leaving the pool of blood that was all that remained of his dead sister on the ground of the mountain.
A few hours later. Hanumas. Nighttime
Gasping for breath after running nonstop for a couple of hours, Petra's lungs were burning and her heart was beating rapidly.
"Lucas...He...Sacrificed himself for me..." She muttered, tears falling down her eyes.
"I...I have to survive...Just like he said. My friends. I need to find them, but I went to the opposite direction of The Sanctuary" She said, before an idea hit her in the middle of her panicked state.
"I can take a detour from The Lifaus Highway, but...It will be long" Petra muttered to herself, imagining how tiring the journey can be, and what would happen if that abomination caught up with her. She then slapped both of her cheeks with both hands to snap herself out of her pessimism, despite the fact that she was in an already overly pessimistic situation.
"I don't have any other choice. I must keep moving forward" She said to herself, before she took a turn towards the Lifaus Highway.
Petra, who was leaving Hanumas city, had absolutely no idea that the population of the entire city was completely annihilated, as in her panic to find a way to survive her impending doom, she was unaware of the fact that Hanumas was hushed as Death.
Well...Emphasis on the 'as'.
At the same time. Unknown Location
A flicker of white light appeared within a vibrant place, and upon fading it revealed Garfiel standing on the floor of that bizarre place.
To Garfiel, however, he already knew the place.
"Tis dat place again...Why did ma amazin' self get teleported t'here?" Garfiel asked himself while looking around.
"Nah...No time f'dat. Where's that huge gem? Ma amazin' self can use it t'teleport to anotha' safe zone..." Garfiel said while looking around the place, yet he couldn't find the huge gem. It was then when something hit him.
"Ma amazin' self heard that strong people can detect power signatures. The First Sword Saint had somethin' like that. If he can do that, then ma amazin' self can do it too" Garfiel said before closing his eyes for a few seconds, before snapping them open.
"Tis in the Sanctuary. But...Why does it feel like ma amazin' self is floatin'...? Th'signata feels off..." Garfiel said before scratching the back of his head, and then sighed in a mixture of resignation and frustration.
"Ma amazin' self has already seen his life flash befo' his eyes...So ma amazin' self won't complain" He muttered before taking a deep breath.
"Ma amazin' self musrt look for somethin' here...Ma amazin' self can't fly..." Garfiel said, before he looked to his side, noticing a weird looking device that looked like a large dark purple orb planted on the floor. Being the ever-curious individual, Garfiel touched the orb with his finger, and then...
"Wha?!"
"?!"
Suddenly the orb shone a bright purple color, and before Garfiel could register what happened, he disappeared from the weird, seemingly floating place and the orb stopped shining.
Costuul. Nighttime
Blinking his eyes open due to the light that temporarily blinded him, Garfiel took a look into his surroundings.
He noticed that it was snowing, and the weather was so frigid to the point that even he was shivering slightly.
"Damn...Where th'heck did ma amazin' self got teleported...? It appears to be somewhere near Gusteko...But how th'hell did ma amazin' self came here...?" Garfiel asked himself but he didn't seem that stupefied because of that. It was more like that he was annoyed and a little scared of what will happen next.
"Ma amazin' self can still sense the huge gem from there. Ma amazin' self can probably manage it within th'day t'reach th'Sanctuary and the gem...But how did th'people there had their hands on that gem? Maybe Gran'ma used Magic t'teleport it to th'Sanctuary? But how did she know about its existence?" Garfiel kept on asking himself tons of questions, but it seemed that his head was about to explode.
"Ugh! Ma' amazin' self should stop talkin'! Th'people in th'Sanctuary might be in danger!" He exclaimed before dashing through the snow-riddled ground. He kept on running and running for a few minutes until his eyes spotted what appeared to be a corpse of a man. Garfiel kneeled towards the unmoving corpse, whose eyes was half-opened and blood was long dried on his body. Garfiel instantly knew the man, since he was a merchant that visited the Sanctuary on a monthly basis to sell his goods to them.
"Uncle Sigmund...And ma amazin' self had enough money t'finally buy that cool knuckle dusta' from ya..." Garfiel muttered sadly at the man's corpse, before his hand slowly and gently closed the man's half-opened eyes, then gently placed him on the floor. He then stood up and was about to continue his way towards the Sanctuary, only for Otto EXE and Heinkel EXE to jump from the window of a nearby house. Garfiel looked at the mutilated forms of his former companions, as both had blood coming out from their eyes that held black sclera and red irises, and their skins were deathly pale.
And the fact that they directed killing intent towards him made Garfiel take a fighting stance.
"Ma amazin' self should've known that ya would be here..." He said, before he saw Frederica EXE and Ram EXE walking towards them and standing beside both of Otto EXE and Heinkel EXE. And the very sight of Ram EXE almost made Garfiel's heart shatter to pieces.
"Ram...Ya died too...? Tch! Ma amazin' self won't go down without a fight!" He nearly cried due to Ram's sight in front of him, but immediately steeled himself as he knew that he will die the moment he drops down his guard even by a little bit.
"Oh you want a fight? Does anyone want to try fried tiger meat?"
"?!"
Garfiel looked up to the sound of the familiar voice, only to see Subaru EXE floating towards him.
"You..." Garfiel sneered while glaring at the abomination.
However, before he could do anything, Subaru EXE flicked his wrist, causing Garfiel to float in midair, before he was blasted backwards at neckbreaking speeds, blown away like leaves in the air towards the direction of the Lifaus Highway.
A few minutes later. Lifaus Highway
She kept on running and running, even though her legs felt like they were moments from falling apart. She already knew what she was running from, even though she couldn't sense anything that was following her at the moment. She just couldn't bet her time when Death could be anywhere to take her soul. Another thing was the fact that snow started to fall, riddling the road with snow and making it difficult for her to run, slightly slowing her down. Not to mention the fact that it was a completely abnormal phenomenon to happen in the Red-sun season.
Suddenly, something burst from the ground, knocking Petra off her feet when she was on the process of running. The familiar figure floated in the air, glaring at Petra with an expression filled of anger, spite, hatred, loathing and bloodlust, something that Petra never thought that she would see on the boy's face.
"I guess you forgot about me?" Lucas asked with his glare still fixated on Petra, who knew that he was extremely angry despite his calm tone. She could see that the grey rashes and the pulsating veins increased to the point that it travelled to cover the entirety of the left half of his body.
"Lucas!" She called for the boy, but his bloodlust that was growing by the second made her lose the ability to take any other word out from her mouth.
"It's time for you to die!" Lucas exclaimed, before pointing his palm towards her. Petra, who realized that she couldn't run any longer due to her legs being completely fatigued, alongside the fact that the Fear plaguing her heart increased, closed her eyes, awaiting her end.A few seconds after she closed her eyes, however, she heard the sound of bones being broken, coupled with the sound of something splattering. This immediately caused her to open her eyes, only to see the familiar form of her senior that she saw as a big sister, but her beautiful blonde hair was almost brown, her right eye being completely closed with long stitch marks traveling down her right cheek and her only good eye turned from jade green to crimson red with black sclera and what appeared to be tears of black blood flowing down from said eye.
"F-Frederica-neesama?" Petra whispered out her name, only for said person, who standing over a now dead Lucas, stared at Petra.
"Hm. Interesting. How did you survive for so long?" Frederica EXE asked.
"What are you talking about? What happened to you?" Petra asked, Fear growing at a rapid pace inside of her heart.
"It doesn't matter, Petra. Now just stand still" Frederica EXE said.
"What do you want to do?" Petra asked, already predicting what Frederica was about to do with her, and her predictions were confirmed when Frederica EXE's hands turned into furry claws.
"Quiet, Petra. Let my claws do the job" Frederica EXE said.
Seeing this, Petra wasted no time, having found a newfound power due to the adrenaline repumping inside of her body, and proceeded to run to the opposite direction.
She failed to notice that a figure resembling a woman clad in shadows was flying towards her from behind. The figure seemed to be much faster than Petra as it caught up to her and the moment it tagged her, Petra disappeared in a flash of white light.
Unknown Location
Blinking her eyes open, Petra saw that she was surrounded by the color black. She felt like her legs were standing on the ground, but when she looked down, she saw no ground to begin with. She walked forward to a figure that she knew well, even though it looked like a walking corpse.
The corrupted form of the man that she looked up to as a big brother.
"Petra-chan, please...You can't do this alone" Otto EXE said.
"Otto-sama...I don't even know what I have to do" Petra whispered with a low voice, before passing Otto EXE,arriving in front of the form of the undead father of the Sword Saint.
"It would be easier to just give up, right?" Heinkel EXE asked.
"And you died too..." Petra muttered, leaving Heinkel EXE. She then came in front of the mutilated form of her sister figure.
"Come on, Petra. Just make this easy for us" Frederica EXE said.
"Just leave me alone!" Petra half-yelled in a mixture of sadness and anger, walking away from Frederica EXE, and coming face-to-face with the dead corpse of her other senior.
"..." Ram EXE couldn't talk because her mouth was sown shut, and the fact that her eyes were sown shut as well made Petra question whether or not she was able to see her. Even then, the scene looked bizarre and horrifying in Petra's eyes.
"W-What is wrong with you, Ram-neesama?" Petra asked in shock, but having not gained any answer from the person, she walked away, not caring that Ram EXE was looking at her walking away from her. She then started sprinting forward, and shortly afterwards, white light engulfed her vision.
Elior Forest. Nighttime
Stirring awake due to the cold assaulting her body, Petra slowly woke up, brushing away the snow from her body.
Petra stared at the ground of the forest that was clad with pure white snow, not caring that a blizzard was howling around her. Her eyes held a completely broken expression, something that a child her age should never have.
"No...I can't...They will hunt me forever..." She muttered in a broken voice that was the same as her broken expression. She then looked in front of her, seeing a pitfall a few feet away from her. She slowly walked towards it, looking down at it, only to see that the pit was filled with sharp metal spikes.
"Maybe I should just...Give up? I don't want to be alone and my mom is probably..." She trailed in her speech, having remembered how that abomination possessed his mother, stating that it killed Petra's father, but not before raping Petra's mother and killing her afterwards. All of this tooled down on Petra's heart and mind, which in turn encouraged her to take another step forward, entering the pit filled with spikes to let herself enter under the merciless grip of gravity that would lead her down to her Death.
"Hey, kiddo!"
"?!"
Just then, the familiar voice of Frederica's younger brother echoed in Petra's ear, causing her to look at the direction where the sound came, only to indeed see Garfiel running towards her.
"Garfiel-san?" Petra muttered his name.
"At least ur alive, Petra. Ur pretty far from home. Whatcha doin' here?" Garfiel asked the little maid.
"I was hunted by some creatures that wanted to violate me and Frederica-neesama...She...S-She..." Petra couldn't finish her words, tears threatening to fall from her eyes upon remembering the monster that killed her parents and took her mother's body, as well as how Frederica tried to kill her.
"So you've met her too...Listen, ya better come with Ma amazin' self. Ma amazin' self needs t'find that huge green gem that hold massive power, but Ma amazin' self can't leave ya here alone. That gem is in th'Sanctuary. Ma amazin' self can feel it, so let's head there" Garfiel suggested.
"Okay...I'll come with you" Petra said, realizing that she didn't have much of a choice in the matter, and sticking with Garfiel in the road would be the safest.
And with that, Garfiel and Petra headed towards the direction of the Sanctuary.
A few hours later. The hills behind the Sanctuary
Both Garfiel and Petra dashed without slowing down towards the Sanctuary. They had just exited Elior Forest and were about to reach the borders of the Kremaldy Forest, only for Subaru EXE to appear instantly in a soundless flash of light in front of them, causing them to stop their advance.
"No! Not you again!" Garfiel exclaimed with gritted teeth, entering a fighting stance.
"Oh! I love you too, Garfiel! Wanna hug?!" Subaru EXE asked with a sarcastic smirk on his bloody face.
"The fist of Ma amazin' self would like t'meet ur face, ya monster!" Garfiel yelled at the abomination.
"Really? What if you kill Subaru along with me?" Subaru EXE asked.
"Subaru Natsuki...Isn't the friend of Ma amazin' self! So if it means your Death, then Ma amazin' self shall sacrifice 'im too!" Garfiel exclaimed.
"Garfiel-san! No! Please don't do this!" Petra yelled out with wide eyes, shocked from the fact that Garfiel might kill her friend.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You guys are too funny..." Subaru EXE threw his head behind him and laughed, before straightening it to look at both Garfiel and Petra. He then pointed his pointer finger at them.
"Sorry you two, but it's time to die" He concluded his speech, causing Garfiel to tense up.
"Don't ya dare touch 'er! She's just a kid!" He yelled, trying to protect Petra with any possible method.
"I don't have to tell anything to you. Just let me do this quickly. I'm sick of those games" Subaru EXE said, which in turn caused Garfiel to charge at him, before engaging him in an armlock.
"RUN, PETRA!" Garfiel yelled while trying to wrestle Subaru EXE, giving Petra the chance to run away from the scene, but in her panic, she ran to the opposite direction, the one that led back to Elior Forest.
The moment she left, Subaru EXE made short work of Garfiel by engulfing his form in hellfire, and in a few seconds, Garfiel's body was cremated, turning to ash, before the ashes themselves got burnt away, leaving nothing to tell that Garfiel ever existed in the world of living.
As Petra ran for her Life, she was then tripped on the floor the moment Otto EXE teleported in front of her in a flash of light, staring at her with those cold, dead eyes.
"No more running away..." He said.
This made Petra try to run to the opposite direction, only to trip once again when Frederica EXE teleported in front of her, effectively blocking her way of escaping.
"Death is just another step..." She said.
All of this Fear and Desperation made Petra burst into tears.
"No...No...Leave me alone..." She muttered in her voice that was laced with sobs, begging for the nightmare to end, praying that the monster will go away.
Suddenly, the world around Petra turned black, where Otto EXE and Frederica EXE suddenly vanished, no longer in her way, leaving Petra in this black, seemingly infinite black void.
"O-Otto-sama? F-Frederica-neesama?" She called to the figures that were trying to kill her.
Suddenly, the landscape of the blackness that Petra was in got laced with what appeared to be a gray static effect, as if she was looking at a disconnected Communication Mirror. Petra then started to walk in it.
She walked...
And walked...
And walked...
And walked...
And with every step she took, the static effect increased, slowly hindering her own sight.
"YoU hErE?"
She heard the weird voice, yet she didn't reply as she only kept on walking, before her walk broke into a sprint.
"KYAAAAAAAAA! KYAAAAAAAAAAAA! KYAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
She suddenly heard blood curing screams, which made her speed up in her sprint.
"I'm TaLkInG tO yOu?"
The voice seemed to be calling out to Petra, but she ignored it and ran even faster.
"RiGhT?"
The voice called out again, but Petra couldn't understand. All that she could understand was that she was afraid...No...Horrified.
"DoN't Go ThErE!"
The voice seemed to be warning Petra, telling her to stop running, but Petra ignored it again and her sprint broke into a full run.
Suddenly, the face of a blue entity started to engulf the background. It had the same black and red eyes that had blood coming out of them, just like that abomination. The entity's face enlarged by the second, with the same rhythm as the static growing in Petra's eyes, which made Petra run even more.
"FiNe! HaVe It YoUr WaY!"
The voice seemed to have given up on warning Petra, causing her to keep running ahead, and as she did, the face of the blue entity became even bigger, its toothy grin becoming visible, its face now engulfing the entire black background of the void Petra was in, and the static started to blind Petra's eyes.
And upon reaching the peak, Petra's eyes were engulfed in white, and along with it...Her heart stopped beating.
Unknown Location
In a garden that had the grass red from the blood that it was watered in, the moon glittered in the night sky that had no star illuminated it. The light of the moon shone of the blood that watered the flowers and grass on the ground, glittering it to the point that one had to admit that it was a fascinating sight despite it being gruesome at the same time.
But what stood in the middle of all of that was the statue of a little girl dressed in maid clothes, her horrified expression was clear as the moonlight in this weird garden as she was completely turned to stone. Whoever made that statue was a master artist.
Or a homicidal maniac.
"Hehehe..."
The voice of chuckling echoed throughout the realm. The scene widened to reveal a figure standing in front of it.
It was a blue, anthropomorphic hedgehog, no taller than a meter, wearing white and red sneakers and white gloves, but what was abnormal about said creature were its eyes that held pure black sclera, with no irises and no sclera found in it, along with the black blood dripping from the corner of its eyes.
But the most disturbing feature was the glowing eyes that had red irises, black pupils and yellow sclera in the palms of his hands. Both were glowing vibratingly.
"I guess Exeller won't mind that I borrowed one of his victims. She's a perfect decoration of my garden..."
The creature's voice echoed like the echo that one could hear inside a cave as it looked at the statue in front of it, gazing lovingly at the horrified expression that the petrified Petra Leyte gave.
"Maybe he will come here...Hehe...I don't mind guests for my party..."
The creature muttered, and even its muttering seemed to be loud and echoing throughout the dimension it was residing in.
Just then, a bright light engulfed the creature's non-existent eyes, and a voice that echoed louder than the creature's echoes on deaf ears.
"I want them to live..."
Memory Fragment File #18
"Oh hey! What are you doing, Garfiel-san?"
"Isn't it obvious? Trainin' by pushin' a giant boulder"
Petra, who was strolling around in the streets of the Sanctuary, happened to encounter Garfiel, who was training yet again in an absurd way. This time, he was pushing a boulder all across the streets of the Sanctuary.
"Oh. I see. Do you need my help in anything? I'm not busy now" Petra offered her help kindly out of goodwill to Garfiel.
"Ur help? Sorry, kiddo, but it'll be much better for Ma amazin' self to help 'emself without anyone's help" Garfiel answered.
"Okay. If you say so, but...You have friends, haven't you? You could always ask them for help when you require it" Petra said, causing Garfiel to sigh before scratching the back of his head.
"Listen, Petra. Friends won't always be there t'help ya. Ma amazin' self always relies on 'emself, even if Ma amazin' self had friends t'speak 'bout..." Garfiel said.
"But it's wrong. Your friends would make you endeavors much easier to handle" Petra objected Garfiel's way of thinking, but it seems that Garfiel wasn't willing to back down either.
"Petra...Ma amazin' self ain't a hater of teamwork, but why should Ma amazin' self bother his friends, if he had t'begin with, if he can do it 'imself?" Garfiel asked, and his answer was silence from Petra as she gazed on the floor, hanging her head down. This was a sign for Garfiel that told him that he won the argument, making him resume his training regimen by pushing the boulder. He kept on pushing it until he was just behind Petra. He then stopped and spoke to her without turning to look at her as their back were facing each other.
"...Sometimes, it is 'You' who is the only one who can help urself..."
And with those words, Garfiel resumed pushing the boulder, leaving Petra all alone to think of those words.
"...Why is he talking to me as if I'm an adult?" She muttered, before sighing.
"Alright. I...I think I should hurry to prepare for my departure back to Irlam Village...Shadow and Subaru did tell me and the other villagers to do so" Petra said with a slightly sad tone in her voice, before she sprinted back to the shelter that housed the villagers of Irlam Village.
Memory Fragment File #18: End
And Done!
Alright! The creepiest ending of all of them. There you have it. Poor Petra having to suffer like that, and poor Garfiel having to also die like that in every single ending.
And now, to Reaper 10398, yes, everyone will have a very big talk, even Otto. As for Petra...Well...Let's just say that the Arc won't be finished with Exeller's defeat.
Also, yes, we have three more endings to go before going to the Best Ending. And just like yourself, I cannot wait!
Now, something to clarify.
I introduced a bunch of characters in Shadow's Present Trial, and I'm sure you're wondering who they are. I shall list them right now.
Yoriichi Tsugikuni is from the infamous manga/anime "Kimetsu no Yaiba".
Lavi Foster, Connie Foster, Banny Foster, Lapin Foster, Lang, Luce, Philo, Daniela, Jiggle and Mariabel are from the manga "Shiboritoranaide, Onna Shounin-san".
Chloe, Olga, Luu-Luu, Celestine, Kaguya, Claudia and Maia are from the infamous 18+ Visual Novel "Kuroinu: Kedakaki Seijo wa Hakudaku ni Somaru".
Rika, Katelyn and Cece are from the 18+ fangame "Breeding Farm".
P.S: I know that I'm showing lots of 18+ games and content in all of this, but I also show the gory side of it as well, not only the sexual side, because that's...Well...That's Re:Zero AND an EXE story, so...You all get the drill.
And that's all! As always, I hope from the bottom of my heart that more reviews rain down on me, and if you have any ideas or questions, please leave it in the reviews. Your support is what makes me move forward with this story.
Next Chapter: Round 2. Ending 14: A man and a little girl that lost their families.
Until Next Time And Next Chapter!
Jude Warble, Out.