A/N: Hey people! It's Shads! Listen, I'm sorry about the story Beaten. Someone reported it cuz I had the wrong rating. Oh, well. It's not letting me upload it anymore but I'll keep trying! I've got to edit it some. It'll be done very soon. I promise. Anyways, I don't own Sonic. But if I did, there would be blood and cussing I promise you. I'm opened for ideas on this story. Read and review people! I need da love! Oh by the way, if you want me to put in comical interviews before the chapter tell me ok? I'll be happy to. Once again, I'm opened for ideas! BTW, I changed the time line, you'll see why in later chapters!
THIS STORY CONTAINS: VIOLENCE, SUICIDLE THOUGHTS, CHARACTER DEATH, GORE, CUSSING AND OTHER THINGS THAT AREN'T REALLY SUTIBLE FOR KIDS. I DON'T CARE IF KIDS READ IT, BUT I THINK A PG13 RATING IS THE PERFECT RATING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T CONTAIN RAPE, OR REALLY BIG CUSS WORDS. I DON'T WANT THE SAME PROBLEM I HAD FOR BEATEN, SO IF YOU WANT ME TO CHANGE THE RATING. E-MAIL ME AT I'LL BE HAPPY TO CHANGE IT IF NEED BE.
Internal Torment
Chapter One: Reflections
She woke up to another day looking at her cold prison. For four long weeks she had been there, four weeks of torture, pain and anguish. She heard HIS footsteps and knew it was coming. Her daily torture. He opened the cell door, smiling evilly as a robot hovered in and picked her up.
Normally she would have just flown out….but with all the beatings, lack of food and water she was just to week. Her beautiful white fur was now blood stained and dirty. Since none of the cuts had been treated, they were all infected, and there were so many of them. There were so many forms of torture he used on her, burning her fur and skin, hitting her with whips, letting his robots use her as target practice, breaking her wings over and over again, but the worst was killing her friends right in front of her. She was forced to watch it, they had come to save her and HE had killed them. She remembered it so clearly…
"Just tell me where it is and I'll let you go," Eggman told her.
" No! I've said it once and I'll say it again, I won't tell you where the final Chaos Emerald is!" she screamed back.
She had been locked up for two days now. She had a few cuts and bruises but nothing the greatest treasure hunter in the world couldn't handle. He slapped her hard across her face, hard enough to bust her lip opened, but she said nothing.
" I'm getting extremely board with this routine, now tell me where it is or else!"
She said nothing, she wouldn't let him have it, not only for the fact that it could destroy the world, but she stole it fair and square and would not give it up!
"ROUGE WHERE ARE YOU!" yelled Knuckles as he pounded on the metal doors. " Knuckles!" Rouge yelled happily. It had been so long since she heard a friendly voice.
" No, I can't believe this!" Eggman yelled as he ran to a mec.
" She's in here guys! Sonic, Tails, Amy help me bust down the damn door!" Knuckles yelled as he continued to pound on it.
' I'm finally going to be free!' she kept on repeating in her head. Soon the door was down and she saw them all. The pink Sonic obsessing hedgehog, Amy; the yellow two tailed fox, Tails; the blue super fast hedgehog, Sonic; and the red temperamental echidna, Knuckles; they had finally come to save her.
Knuckles was by her side in an instant, looking over her, "Are you okay? He didn't hurt you to badly did he?"
She could have been mistaken, but was that worry and fear in his voice? Worry and fear for her?
She smiled a small smile, " I'm fine, but it took you guys long enough."
" Where's Robuttnic?" asked Sonic, " and we would have been here sooner….if Knuckles had tried to fly the X-Tornado!"
" It was just like that shuttle I few back at Ark."
" The shuttle that you CRASHED!"
Rouge smiled, same old Knuckles, same old Sonic. While they were arguing, Tails made his way over to Rouge.
" I'll have you out in a sec, Amy can I have a hair pin please?"
" Sure," she replied tossing him one, which he caught easily.
" Thanks."
" No prob."
He made easy work of the locks and had her freed in seconds.
" Much better, thanks Tails."
" No problem, here's your hair pin back Amy."
He tossed it back to her, which she caught.
" Thanks Tails."
The three headed for the door until they realized…
"Are you two coming?" Rouge asked taping her foot.
Yep..Sonic and Knuckles were still arguing about ARK, which happened about two years ago.
" Wait how'd you get free?" Kunxs asked.
Rouge pointed to Tails and Amy.
" Did you think I'd let you escape that easily? I want the last Chaos Emerald now!"
Eggman's voice boomed.
" AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
" AMY!" Sonic yelled, running to her side.
Amy lay on the cold concrete floor now dyed red with her blood. Sonic knelt down by her, on the brink of tears.
" Amy? Amy! Please, open your eyes!"
Tears streamed down his cheeks. Rouge, Tails, and Knuckles looked on in horror. Amy had a hole in her stomach with a 2" circumference; it was pouring out blood.
" Sonic….I'm sorry, look's like I screwed up again," she whispered, tears steadily falling from her eyes.
Sonic smiled, " you didn't screw up, I did, I should have known Robuttnic wouldn't run away, I'm sorry Amy, but you're gunna be ok. You're strong, I know you'll make it."
Amy smiled sadly, " I…don't think I can Sonic."
He grabbed her hand and held it tightly, "C'mon, don't….don't say that, you're gunna make it, you have to."
Rouge was about to cry; her best girl friend was dying. She could see the color fade from her lips and her eyes were getting duller.
"Tails?"
Tails looks at Rouge.
"What are her chances that if we get her out of her now, and Sonic runs her to a hospital, that she'll live?"
Tails looked at Rouge sadly as his ears drooped. Tears started to roll off his cheek.
He looked up at her, then down again, "there….is" he looked her in the eye, "no chance. I'm sorry Rouge."
Rouge started to cry. Knuckles saw this, and placed his hand on her shoulder.
"It's," he looked at her, "It's not your fault Rouge."
He could tell by the look in her eyes that she blamed herself. She nodded. 'But it is Knuckles.' She stared at the couple on the floor. 'It is.'
"Sonic..I just want you to know, I really love you."
Amy said, it was getting harder for her to breathe.
"Amy….I love you too, so please don't leave me. I want so much to be with you Amy. Amy? AMY!"
She had stopped breathing, and her lips were blue. Sonic just stared at her and gently shook her.
"Amy! Amy! Please, wake up. Don't leave me! Please!"
Rouge had burst into tears. 'She's dead! She's dead! I killed my best friend!' was all she could think. Tails and Knuckles were silently crying; tears flowed from their eyes. Sonic just starred at her motionless body. He put his hand out to touch her, but retracted it and punched the ground instead. He leaned over and kissed her softly on the lips. Eggman was laughing, like a child in a toyshop.
"I've done it! I've finally got rid of one of those annoying pest!"
Sonic's ears twitched, as did everyone else's, at the sound of this.
"Egg…man" Sonic stood up, he was shaking with anger, " You BASTARD! I'LL KILL YOU FOR THIS!"
He charged at Eggman's robot full speed. Eggman chuckled evilly, then made the right hand (which has the gun on it) of the robot rise and take aim.
"EGGMAN!"
"NOW YOU DIE SONIC!"
Blood once again stained the floor, but this time, it was Sonic's. Everyone just stared.
"Sonic……." Tails said sadly.
He lay motionless on the floor, a hole in his head, blood pouring from it. Tails clenched his fist, and growled.
"Not Sonic too."
"Tails I'm sorry….this is my fault!"
Rouge dropped to her knees, head in her hands crying.
"I killed them both, I'm so sorry!"
Tails and Knuckles bent down next to her.
" No, it's not your fault Rouge," Tails whispered.
"Tails, we need to get out of here," Knuckles yelled.
Tails nodded and Knuckles picked Rouge up. They both knew she was in no condition to do anything. She just put her head on Knuckle's back and cried.
"Rouge..I promise, I wont let anything bad happen to you ok?" Knuckles said softly.
She just nodded into his back as he and Tails ran for the door. Eggman saw them and pressed a button on the wall and the door stared to close.
" You won't escape me! I want that last Chaos Emerald!"
"We're not gunna make it!" yelled Knuckles.
" Then…leave me…I deserve to die, since Amy and Sonic are dead because of me!"
"Don't say that! The only one that deserves to die here is Eggman!" yelled Tails.
He turned around and grabbed Knuckle's hand.
"What are you doing!"
Tails flung Knuckle's and Rouge towards the door.
" Get out of here! You have to save Rouge. That was the point of the mission! I'll hold him off! Just go!"
Knuckles's body slid on the floor before coming to a stop, just sliding under the closing door. Rouge was still on his back.
" Tails! Don't do this!" yelled Knuckles.
" Bye guys, I'll miss you."
"TAILS!" Knuckles yelled.
The door closed.
" NO TAILS!" Knuckles yelled.
Tails stood in front of Eggman.
" Noooo! You won't get away with that you little fox!"
Eggman pointed his laser at Tails; but he just stood there.
"Die."
A final howl of pain escaped Tails's lips.
Knuckles slammed his fist into the door.
"Tails…"
Rouge just sat in the corner, she didn't move nor did she speak. 'I'm a murderer, I killed all three of them. I'm a murderer.' Knuckles knew that she blamed herself, but he couldn't think of anything to say. He had told her already that it wasn't her fault. But now, he just couldn't think, so he did something, he NEVER thought he would EVER do. He bent down next to her and gave her a hug.
"Knuckles…what?"
"Rouge, please don't blame yourself, it's not your fault. It's not."
Rouge cried into his chest, and a few tears escaped his eyes as well.
After a minute, they broke the embrace, " we need to get going, like I said before, I won't let anything happen to you."
"Why are you doing this?" Rouge asked.
Knuckles stood up and offered his hand to help her up, "it's because, I couldn't stand the thought of Eggman having you to do with as he pleased, I just couldn't stand the thought of him hurting someone…someone I care so much for"
Knuckles was a little redder then usual. Rouge was also, but she took his hand and he pulled her up.
"Maybe, we should go out sometime after this is all over," Rouge said smiling.
Knuckles smiled, " I'd like that."
The base shook furiously as the metal door began to crack.
" Damn this emergency door! I should have installed an open button with it instead of just a close button!" Eggman yelled.
" We'd better hurry Rouge!" Knuckles yelled putting her on his back.
"Right, lets go!"
He started to run as fast as he could, while being careful not to fall or hurt her. The metal doors didn't hold long and broke under the pressure Eggman was putting on them. He ran as fast as his robot could go he was soon able to see Knuckles and Rouge. He extended his claw and picked up Rouge and Knuckles, and squeezed them.
"ROUGE! Last chance! Tell me where that last Chaos Emerald is, or I'll kill him!"
" Rouge don't do it!"
"Knuckles! I don't want you to die! I have to live with the fact that 3 others died because of me! I don't need your death on my shoulders as well!"
" We knew what we were getting into Rouge, we all knew how dangerous it would be! What are four deaths over billions of lives! Don't tell him! I'd rather die then live in a world were Eggman rules!"
" Knuckles, don't tell me that! You're the last person I want to lose right now! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Rouge screamed in pain, and coughed up a little blood, "I..love..you too..much…..to let…you…di..e."
Knuckles was shocked, ' Did she just say, that she loved me?'
" Shut up you damn echidna!" Eggman yelled as he threw Knuckles into the wall.
A sickening crack was heard and Knuckles's head was twisted at an odd angle.
" KNUCKLES! KNUCKLES NO NO NO NO NO NO! PLEASE DON'T DIE ON ME!"
" Ro..uge….I..lo…ve…..you…..t…..oo," he gave a final smile and his chest sank in.
Rouge's eyes stung with unshed tears.
" Knuckles…"
" I've finally done it! I've killed them all! No more pesky Sonic, Tails, Amy or Knuckles to spoil my plans anymore! YES, now Rouge, tell me where that last Chaos Emerald is, and I'll kill you quickly so you can be with your friends."
Rouge just stared at Knuckles's body. She didn't say a single word as Eggman yelled at her.
" Tell me where that Emerald is NOW!"
He slammed her into the wall, " Won't talk eh? Then I'll just keep you prisoner until you do."
He turned the robot around and started to walk. He dragged her back to the room where Sonic, Amy and Tails's bodies were. Tails looked like he was burnt to death. He dragged her a little further and threw her into a cell.
" I'll just keep you here until I know where that emerald is." She made herself sit up after he left; she broke down and cried.