Welcome to my first fanfiction (in a while, at least, some of you may remember me as TurbineEddyPrower.), Golden Prevalence! I'm glad you've decided to check it out, and I hope you'll find your time reading worthwhile. I presume you will! This story has several violent moments and some cussing, so I've given it a rating suitable of such material. If the rating or this warning hasn't turned you off, good! You'll be happy you stuck around!
This story takes place in the Sonic Team, or Sega of Japan canon, disreguarding the Archie canon, the Fleetway canon, and the Sonic X canon, as well as the canons of both (or all 3, considering SU) of the old cartoons. Thought I'd let you know that before you start asking me about that subject. It takes place 8 years after Shadow, meaning, say, Tails would be, eh, around 16 at this point. The ages are 8 years after the ones described in the SA universe, meaning, in terms of the Chaotix characters, at least, I'm using the SA-era material as a launch point, IE: Charmy is 14, not 24. Got that? Awesome! Splendid!
If my disreguard for other, perhaps more popular universes has turned you off, I'm sorry. If it hasn't, by all means, I'm glad you're still sticking around! Here's the boring disclaimer that no one reads:
I own nothing in this story. All of it belongs to SEGA except for the story's scenario, which came from my brain. There's not even an OC in sight in this one, maybe an OOC moment or 2, but all the characters, settings, etc. belong to SEGA and Sonic Team. Thank you, and enjoy the story!
Golden Prevalence
Chapter 1: Attack, Resist, And Fall
Look. Out there. Upon the mass.
Station Square is falling.
The sky's light shines upon the falling buildings, as compared to other areas, it does not.
The light marks a beacon. It shows the hero where he must go and who he must protect. He shows the heroes where to follow.
Tails's POV (will continue like this for remainder of story):
Fire and ember covered the streets. That's all I knew. That's all I was told. I was told to stay home, that this was too dangerous for anyone but them to handle.
We were left behind. Cream, Cheese, and myself. We weren't allowed to help. We just couldn't fully understand why not. Then we were shown why.
I sat in front of my window, watching in the direction of Station Square. All I could see was smoke. And flame. Lots of flame.
I looked behind me. Cream was consoling her Chao. Apparently, he was really worried about something. I asked her if she needed any help or if she wanted anything, and she told me she had it handled.
I tried turning on the TV to see what was up, and the cable was out. Internet was off as well. I sighed.
"It's okay, Cheese, they'll be back soon. Shh... it's okay. Don't worry..."
The smoke got really bad at that point. I took my shirt (which was still covered in oil because of the repairs I had attempted to pull off on the Tornado IV the night before) and put it over my mouth and nose so I wouldn't inhale that much. Cream had covered her mouth with her dress, and by that time, Cheese had calmed down, and Cream's hand was held over his sleeping mouth to prevent him from inhaling as well.
"I really hope we hear from them soon." she said, breaking the silence.
"Yeah. Hey, at least Cheese is calm. Maybe that's a sign that we don't have to worry, either." I replied.
She smiled slightly. It calmed my nerves when she did. We had begun talking a few years before and we were good friends at that point. I felt really close to her, myself, but that was only because I, well, had a crush on the girl. It wasn't a big one though, and I didn't feel like I loved her in that sense of the word, really.
"Hey, Tails?"
"Yeah?"
"What do you think is going on?"
We stared at each other for a second, unblinking. I paid feverish attention to her at that moment, for a reason I myself didn't understand.
And then...
The cable came back.
We both turned our attention to the TV, which was already turned to the local news affiliate. We saw a panicking reporter standing in the middle of Station Square. He was surrounded by rubble and smoke and fire.
And dead bodies. Hundreds of them. Thousands, even. People were dropping like flies.
The reporter was crying. He couldn't hold himself any longer. Bodies were actually dropping from the sky. People were screaming bloody murder. Many people that were falling were actually still alive when they fell, and they were merely committing suicide in order to escape whatever horror had befallen the city.
Then, the reporter spoke.
"If you're... oh God... just joining us, um... Station Square is gone. Eggman has attacked the city with some kind of... sniff... powerful scorpion robot. I... cannot begin to describe the horror you are seeing. Once our helicopter gets here, we're evacuating from the city... please, God, deliver me from this place... if you need to know what is going on and why Sonic has not helped us yet... dear Jesus... just... watch these tapes... I can't handle it... I'm going to throw up... oh... oh... OH MY GOD! LORD HAVE MERCY! SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG HAS BEEN LAUNCHED HEAD FIRST INTO A HALF-DESTROYED BUILDING! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! WHAT DO WE DO NOW? LORD, HELP US! SOMEONE HELP US!"
The screen showed a single video. A grainy, zoomed in couple-second video of Shadow hitting a building.
Then falling to the ground.
Covered in blood.
Shadow was dead.
"SHADOW!" I yelled out of shock.
Cream gasped and continued to watch the screen in absolute horror of what she had just seen.
She began to become frantic.
"What... how... no... what happened to... he can't be...? Tails --- what's going on!"
I began to get frantic myself, but I had to keep calm.
"I don't know... maybe they'll show us."
But no... they kept playing that video. Over and over. Until finally, the reporter came back.
"Okay, we're back... sigh... our helicopter has arrived, and as you can see, we're on it right now, hightailing it out of Station Square. As we have been informed that the cable has been reactivated in most underlying areas of Station County, we can finally show all those who are just joining us the horror that has occurred today. Oh God, I can't even... and it hasn't even stopped yet... our cameraman is setting up for an aerial shot of the city, so you at home can see what Eggman has done."
The aerial shot showed nothing but chaos. Utter destruction. The city was gone. Nothing but fire and rubble remained now. And then... the beast appeared.
The reporter's voice commented in the background. "As you can see, there is a giant scorpion robot, piloted by the vicious murderer Dr. Eggman, attacking the landscape. It's using its massive metal claws to pick up and destroy everything. And it's shooting giant missiles out of its tail. Why has no one destroyed it? Just watch this - warning, the material you are about to see is the honest to God most brutal thing you will ever see in your life. It will probably make you want to kill yourself, as it did me. My advice? Feel free. There's no hope left in this world."
Cream and I looked at each other. We knew what was coming; we just didn't want to see it.
"As you can see on this tape, Sonic the Hedgehog did come and try to save us. He battled the robot for a good, long while. Just watch."
We saw Sonic on screen.
He was obviously in combat with that thing for a while. He was pretty bruised and looked beat.
"EGGMAN, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" He screamed at the top of his lungs.
Eggman was shown on screen.
"Why, I've done what I should've done years ago. I've won, my fine friend. I've won."
"You haven't won yet, you son of a bitch. You haven't even come close."
"Oh really, now? EGG SCORPION, ACTIVATE THE DESTROYER!"
Suddenly, a giant claw came out of the ground and grabbed Sonic.
"Let me go, damn it, LET ME GO!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... you know better than that, don't you, hedgehog?"
"LET ME DOWN!" Sonic was near tears at that point. He was yelling with fear and not anger.
"PLEASE, LET ME DOWN! DON'T DO THIS!"
Eggman laughed.
"Now."
"NO! PLEASE, DON'T! NO!"
A sharp metal 'shing!' noise was heard. Sonic screamed out in pain.
Eggman held him in the scorpion's grip for a while longer, then threw him down to the ground.
His body laid limp. He was bleeding profusely.
Eggman laughed tremendously. He was... victorious. He then stopped, and smirked.
"Hmph - so that's it, eh? Well then - ATTENTION PEOPLE OF STATION SQUARE. SONIC THE HEDGEHOG IS DEAD. BOW BEFORE YOUR NEW LEADER!"
The reporter came back on.
"Almost every one of our heroes has been killed by that monster. If we had anymore info, we would. All we know is that Knuckles the Echidna and Amy Rose have already escaped, and that neither Cream the Rabbit nor Tails the Fox have been seen on the site. For all we know, those 4 may be alive. Here's hoping they are."
I turned off the TV.
We could only stare at each other in fear.
Well, that's about it for the first chapter. Thanks for reading! I hope you come back for chapter 2, which I assure you will be up very quickly - reviews or not.
Though I would love to see some reviews... please?