Chapter 28: Sonic's Last Stand

"I see you're not a little centipede anymore. How's your wife doing?"

Silver's eyes widened. "Sonic...but...how?"

"I transferred a part of myself into his mind."

The psychic hedgehog growled and lunged at him. Shadic laughed as he became Sonic in appearance and used his powers against Silver. The psychic hedgehog dodged it and noticed the serum that Shadic had, then went for that. Hopefully, he could use it.

Silver looked over at Sonic as he went for it, avoiding Sonic's attack. A dark energy beam collided with her and she screamed in pain, grabbing the serum as she did so, and plunged it into her skin. In minutes, she had become the Biolizard. It roared and attacked. Sonic looked at the Biolizard and growled. He remembered this thing. Avoiding it was difficult with how large it was. The Biolizard slammed its tail into Sonic, who fell back due to the force of the blow. They went outside, careful to not hit Shadow. Sonic growled at it again, throwing everything he could at the Biolizard.

It opened its mouth, letting loose a large blast of energy that hit the hedgehog. Sonic screamed in pain as the attack hit him. Sonic hated to admit it, but he doubted he was going to survive at this rate. The Biolizard growled, and then attacked once again. Sonic could do nothing to stop it, though he tried. He screamed in pain as the Biolizard wounded him greatly. It walked up and looked down at him, snorting, wondering what to do. Sonic was only possessing Shadic. Sonic glared up at the Biolizard.

"What are you going to do?" He asked it. "Kill me? If you do that, you'll be killing Shadic as well!"

The Biolizard roared at him again. Sonic smirked; he should have known it couldn't speak or understand him. It was just a mindless beast. The Biolizard placed its face on him as it thought over what to do. It was true what Sonic had said: Shadic would die as well if it killed him...but it didn't care. It's mind made up, the Biolizard attacked him again. Sonic screamed in pain. He teleported out of the way but the Biolizard sensed where he was going and attacked. The possessed hedgehog charged up a beam of dark energy, throwing it at the Biolizard.

It roared again, throwing an attack of its own in his direction. The hedgehog tried to dodge but the attack came to quickly. It hit him head on, burning him alive. The Biolizard stood back and watched as the hedgehog died. It roared proudly, then walked up to Sonic to see if he was dead or not. A groan could be heard as Sonic turned back into Shadic. he stood up and looked at the Biolizard, backing away in fear. It walked towards him, using telepathy.

Are you back to normal now?

"I...don't know. I'm still hearing the voices, but at least Sonic isn't trying to take control of me."

The Biolizard nodded. That's good.

"Can you change back into Silver or are you in that form forever?" Shadic asked the Biolizard, looking at it.

I'll try.

Shadic watched as it closed its eyes, trying to transform. A glow came over the Biolizard as Shadic watched. A few minutes later, Silver stood in its place, but had more features of the centipede.

"You're not going to be yourself for long, are you?" Shadic asked.

Silver shook her head. "In a few hours, I'll be a centipede permanently."

"Okay." Shadic nodded.

The psychic sighed and went back inside the house. She groaned in pain as hse gained more features of the centipede, this time antennae and more legs. Her body was starting to shrink as well. Shadic looked at her in concern.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

Silver shook her head. "No, I'm not."

Shadic nodded, looking at the transforming hedgehog with interest. He had never seen this kind of transformation before as it gradually happened.

Silver looked over at him again. "How far have I changed?"

"You have antennae, your body is shrinking, your fur is changing into scales and legs are starting to sprout from your body."

Silver sighed. "Will you take care of me once I've changed?"

"I can try, but what would I do with a centipede? Where would I put you?" Shadic asked.

"I don't know. I just don't want to get killed by some random animal."

The immortal hedgehog nodded and sat down on a chair, continuing to watch Silver's transformation. Silver's mouth changed, sharp pincers appearing as she parted her lips. Shadic's eyes widened and he smirked, amused and intrigued. He was entertained by this, as Silver's gradual transformation continued. Silver lay on the floor, as she waited. Having an audience felt strange to her, but she tried to ignore it. Over the span of an hour, she continued to transform. Both eyes closed as she felt her chest flatten. All of the legs Shadic told her about were slowly coming out of her body. A shudder overtook her form at the feeling. This time, her ears flattened and became part of her head. The five quills atop her head moved and became two, curling to make the antennae again. Looking up at Shadic, Silver's eyesight changed to a centipede's. Shadic leaned forward, watching closely as he witnessed Silver's eyes change. The hedgehog's head was still almost its normal size, so he could see each individual section of both eyes. A smile came to his face. Placing a hand on the top of Silver's head, he pet her. Silver reacted to his touch, moving away slightly before staying still. Looking down at her, Shadic watched as her legs became twin stumps sticking off the end of the centipede. The body had grown long earlier when her legs were growing out, and now Shadic had to admit that a centipede that large would be more than a little creepy. Silver's arms were the last things to change, forming the front set of legs. Shadic moved his hand away when she began shrinking. In seconds, the centipede she used to be was in front of him again.

Its instinctual fear of life forms bigger than it ignited, and it scuttled away from Shadic, trying to find somewhere safe. Shadic sighed in annoyance and got up to go after the centipede. It felt him coming and entered a hole in the wall, backing away from the creature it perceived as a threat.

"Silver, I'm not going to hurt you." Shadic shook his head at himself. "Now you're talking to insects," he muttered.

He got down on his hands and knees, peering into the wall. Shadic looked for the centipede and eventually saw it. Sitting back from the wall, he started devising a plan to get it out. He wondered why the centipede had run away from him. Most likely Silver had lost her mind and was now a centipede mentally as well. Shadic sighed. If that was the case, maybe he should just let it go where it wanted. A few minutes later, the centipede walked out. It looked around and saw Shadic, who held out his hand so that it could climb up. The centipede cautiously climbed into his outstretched hand, feeling around as it did so.

Shadic smiled, wondering what he should do with it. The centipede moved up his hand, onto his wrist. The immortal hedgehog chuckled and picked it up. He carried it outside and placed in on the ground.

"Go on, and be careful."

The centipede looked at him and then at the open freedom beneath it. Without waiting much longer, the centipede started crawling away. Shadic watched it leave, hoping it would be okay out in the wild. Sighing, he walked back inside the house and sat on the bed, looking at his mother. A smile came to his face. He was free. No more Sonic...no more insanity...he could finally do what he wanted.